Panel: ADA Complaint Against 49ers Does Not Allege ‘Occurrence’ To Trigger Coverage

Mealey's (March 30, 2021, 2:32 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 29 held that a federal court properly considered underlying putative class claims to determine whether insurers’ duties to defend exists, further affirming the lower court’s ruling that the allegation that the Forty Niners football team’s design and construction of their stadium did not comply with federal disability access design standards was not an “occurrence” to trigger policy coverage....