Judge: Assault And Battery Exclusion Bars Coverage For Negligence Suit Against Bar

Mealey's (October 9, 2020, 1:34 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Granting an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its declaratory judgment lawsuit, a federal judge in Ohio on Oct. 7 found that the insurance policy’s assault and/or battery exclusion precludes coverage for any claims arising out of an April 22, 2018, incident at the insured’s bar that caused injuries to patrons by another patron who pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular assault (Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company v. Kenneth Rutz, et al., No. 18-00776, S.D. Ohio, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 186500)....