3 Exclusions Apply To Bar Coverage For Defamation Judgment, 9th Circuit Affirms

Mealey's (July 19, 2019, 12:45 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 18 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that policy exclusions for “knowing violation of the rights of another,” “material published with knowledge of its falsity” and “knowledge of falsity” excused an insurer’s duty to indemnify a defamation judgment obtained against its insured (Bradley Stephen Cohen, et al. v. Berkley National Insurance Company, No. 17-16960, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 21324)....