6th Circuit Rules That Reckless Driving Falls Within Plain Meaning Of ‘Crime’

Mealey's (June 6, 2022, 12:59 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — Concluding that “reckless driving falls within the unambiguous plain meaning of crime,” a Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 3 partly reversed the decision of a federal magistrate judge in Ohio granting judgment in favor of a life insurer regarding the applicability of a crime exclusion under which the insurer denied a $100,000 accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) benefit....