Federal Judge: No Homeowners Coverage For Suit Alleging Kidnapping, Torture

Mealey's (April 30, 2019, 2:07 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — A Missouri federal judge on April 23 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, finding that of all of the alleged injuries in an underlying lawsuit flow from the intentional acts of the insureds in conspiring to kidnap, kidnapping and physically abusing another individual (Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Blake Laubinger, et al., No. 18-1237, E.D. Mo., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 68510)....