Michigan Panel Partly Reverses Sexual/Physical Abuse Liability Coverage Suit

(May 21, 2021, 2:13 PM EDT) -- DETROIT — A Michigan appeals panel on May 20 held that an underlying lawsuit alleging that a gym insured’s owner installed hidden surveillance cameras in restrooms and changing facilities to record its patrons without their knowledge or consent falls under an insurance policy’s “physical-sexual abuse” exclusion, finding that while the insurer did not have a duty to indemnify the insureds, it did have a duty to defend....