Mealey's (May 25, 2023, 9:06 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a commercial general liability insurer has a duty to defend its insured against an underlying negligence lawsuit seeking $20 million in wrongful death, survival and punitive damages, reversing a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the insurer in an excess insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration as to coverage duties for their mutual insured....