Judge: Failure To Provide Suitable Prosthetic Leg Does Not Qualify As ‘Occurrence’

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 9:58 AM EDT) -- LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A federal judge in Kentucky on July 11 held that an insured’s alleged failure to provide a customer with a suitable prosthetic leg does not qualify as an “occurrence” under a commercial general liability insurance policy and dismissed the insured’s lawsuit seeking coverage for the underlying claims (Matthew Hayden, et al. v. Benchmark Insurance Company, et al., No. 19-00154, W.D. Ky., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 115948)....