Insurer Has Duty To Defend Paramedic Services Company, 7th Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (July 13, 2016, 2:18 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 12 affirmed a lower federal court’s finding that an insurer has a duty to defend a paramedic services company against underlying claims for sexual harassment, assault and battery and retaliation for whistle-blowing, rejecting the insurer’s argument that the company does not qualify as a “named insured” under the policy (American Alternative Insurance Corp. v. Metro Paramedic Services, Inc., 7th Cir., No. 15-2310; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 12794)....