Prior Publication Exclusion Does Not Bar Coverage, 4th Circuit Says In Reversal

Mealey's (August 5, 2019, 10:42 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 1 reversed and remanded a lower court’s ruling that its businessowners liability and commercial umbrella insurance policies’ prior publication exclusion excused an insurer’s duty to defend an alleged advertising injury as to the insured's use of a trademark, finding that the insured’s “prior and subsequent publications differ in substance” (Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Co. v. Beach Mart, Inc., No. 18-1285, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 22972)....