Employers Liability Exclusion Bars Coverage For Personal Injury Suit, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (December 14, 2020, 1:48 PM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Dec. 11 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that an insurance policy’s employers liability exclusion bars coverage for an underlying personal injury lawsuit brought by an employee of one of the insureds, rejecting the appellant’s contention that the policy’s “Separation of Insureds Clause” renders the phrase “any insured” ambiguous (J & J Realty Holdings v. Great American E & S Insurance Company, No. 19-56172, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 38835)....