Federal Judge Orders Forty Niners’ Insurer To Equally Contribute To Defense

Mealey's (March 16, 2017, 1:55 PM EDT) -- SAN JOSE, Calif. —  A California federal judge on March 14 found that San Francisco Forty Niners Football Co.’s primary commercial general liability insurer has a duty to contribute by equal shares with another insurer to defense costs in an underlying lawsuit against the football team and others (First Mercury Insurance Co. v. Great Divide Insurance Co., No. 16-02114, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 36501)....