No Coverage Owed For Son’s Exposure To Secondhand Smoke, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (March 30, 2020, 11:43 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — No coverage is owed for a son’s exposure to secondhand smoke as a result of his father’s smoking because the father intended to smoke in front of the son, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 27, noting that there was there was no occurrence as required for coverage to exist under the policies at issue (Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., et al. v. Estate of Hugo Bobzien Jr., et al., No. 19-5457, 6th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 9654)....