Insurer Has No Duty To Defend False Advertising Suit, 11th Circuit Affirms

(April 6, 2018, 1:25 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 3 affirmed a lower court’s finding that an insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify its insured in a false advertising lawsuit because coverage is barred by a policy exclusion and the insured failed to provide timely notice of the underlying action (Scott, Blane and Darren Recovery, LLC, et al. v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company, No. 17-12945, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 8630)....