Judge: Insurer Owes No Coverage For Sandy Hook Victims’ Families’ Defamation Suit

Mealey's (July 13, 2020, 2:58 PM EDT) -- WATERBURY, Conn. — A Connecticut judge on June 5 held that a homeowners insurer has no duty to defend its insured against an underlying lawsuit brought by the family of a child and an educator who were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, finding that the underlying complaint fails to allege “bodily injury,” “property damage” or an “occurrence” and that the intentional act exclusion bars coverage (USAA General Indemnity Company v. Cory T. Sklanka, No. UWYCV196048057S, Conn. Super., Waterbury Dist., 2020 Conn. Super. LEXIS 648)....