Judge: Insured Not Owed Reimbursement For Costs Related To Copyright Disputes

Mealey's (November 20, 2020, 10:00 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Nov. 17 found that a commercial general liability insurer has no duty to reimburse an electric company insured for costs associated with its underlying copyright disputes, granting the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in finding that the alleged underlying copyright infringement is not a covered “Personal and Advertising Injury” under the CGL policy (Hurricane Electric, LLC v. National Fire Insurance Company of Hartford, No. 20-05840, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 215049)....