Specific Litigation Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage For Securities Class Action

Mealey's (July 26, 2019, 12:12 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge on July 23 held that wrongs asserted in two underlying securities lawsuits implicated “entirely distinct misrepresentations of very different health risks associated with Celebrex,” rejecting excess directors and officers liability insurers’ argument that the specific litigation policy exclusion excuses their duty to defend (Pfizer Inc. v. Arch Specialty Insurance Company and U.S. Specialty Insurance Company, N18C-01-310, Del. Super.; 2019 Del. Super. LEXIS 345)....