Judge:  Professional Services Exclusion Bars Coverage For Suit Over Fatal Accident

Mealey's (January 7, 2020, 1:46 PM EST) -- INDIANAPOLIS — A federal judge in Indiana on Jan. 6 granted a commercial general liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its declaratory judgment lawsuit, finding that the policy’s professional services exclusion precludes coverage for an underlying negligence action arising from a fatal multivehicle accident on an interstate highway (Sentinel Insurance Company, LTD. v. Durham Engineering, Inc., et al., No. 18-00016, S.D. Ind., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1278)....