11th Circuit Affirms No Excess Coverage Owed For Attack At Florida Hotel

Mealey's (June 16, 2020, 2:05 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 12 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling 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. 19-13769, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 18763)....