Assault And Battery Exclusion Bars Coverage For Shooting, Federal Judge Says

Mealey's (July 17, 2019, 12:44 PM EDT) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on July 9 found that a restaurant insured breach an insurance policy’s notice provisions by failing to timely report a claim arising from an underlying shooting, further finding that the policy’s assault and battery exclusion further bars coverage (Evanston Insurance Company v. The Break I, Inc., et al., No. 18-01197, N.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113109)....