Parties Submit Arguments To 9th Circuit On Duty To Defend In Class Action

Mealey's (November 14, 2017, 3:12 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An insurer and a real estate broker recently submitted their arguments in the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, disputing whether an exclusion in the policy precludes coverage in relation to an underlying lawsuit in which class members allege that the broker and individual agents received secret profits while acting as their real estate agents (Hanover Insurance Co. v. Paul M. Zagaris Inc. et al., 17-15477, 9th Cir.)....