Professional Liability Coverage Owed For Failure To Settle Claim, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (March 11, 2021, 1:34 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — The Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 9 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that professional liability coverage is owed for an underlying claim alleging that a medical malpractice insurer failed to settle a malpractice claim against its doctor insured, finding that the lower court did not err in concluding that the medical malpractice insurer was covered under its 2006 professional liability insurance policy before a jury decided the issue of exclusion....