Claims Assert ‘Purposeful Attack’ By Insured; No Coverage Triggered, Panel Affirms

(March 28, 2019, 12:27 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Superior Court on March 26 affirmed a lower court’s finding that an insurer has no duty to defend its insured against an underlying assault and battery lawsuit because the alleged assault was not an accident but was an intentional tort that is not covered under the insured’s homeowners and umbrella insurance policies (Margaret M. Kiely v. Philadelphia Contributionship Insurance Company, No. 1957 EDA 2018, Pa. Super., 2019 Pa. Super. LEXIS 277)....

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