Mealey's (April 12, 2022, 12:52 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 11affirmed a lower federal court’s finding that an assault and battery policy exclusion relieves a commercial general liability insurer of its duty to defend and indemnify its insured for an underlying wrongful death lawsuit, rejecting the appellant’s argument that the exclusion cannot be enforced pursuant to Arizona’s “reasonable expectations” doctrine....