California Panel:  Insurers Have No Duty To Defend Suit Over Sonoma County Parcel

(June 24, 2022, 11:06 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel held June 21 that a federal court’s related coverage ruling precludes relitigation of whether an underlying lawsuit alleging that insureds violated a conservation easement arose from an “accident” to trigger coverage under two insurance policies, affirming a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the insurers on different grounds....