Federal Judge: No Excess Coverage Owed For Attack At Kissimmee, Fla., Hotel

Mealey's (August 27, 2019, 2:51 PM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Aug. 26 held that a commercial general liability insurance policy’s $25,000 coverage limit for assault claims is a "sublimit of liability" and, as a result, an excess insurer owes no coverage for an underlying assault against a guest of the hotel insured (Starstone National Insurance Company v. Polynesian Inn, LLC, et al., No. 18-1048, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144507)....