District Court Erred In Finding No Duty To Defend Exists For TCPA Claims, Insured Says

(July 7, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reverse an Illinois federal judge’s ruling in favor of an insurer in a coverage dispute arising from underlying claims that its insured violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) because the judge incorrectly found that the underlying claims are excluded from coverage, the insured says in a June 15 appellant brief (Zurich American Insurance Company, et al. v. Ocwen Financial Corporation, et al., No. 17-2873, N.D. Ill., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 175023)....