Insureds Ask 9th Circuit To Reverse No Coverage Ruling Of Adult Film Actors’ Suit

Mealey's (February 11, 2020, 1:47 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A commercial landlord insured recently asked the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower federal court’s ruling that coverage is barred for actors’ underlying lawsuit alleging that they contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the course of filming sexual activity at the insured’s premises, arguing that commercial tenants are absent from the list of persons whose conduct causing sexual acts are excluded under the policy (Atain Specialty Insurance Company Inc. v. Armory Studios LLC, et al., Nos. 19-15745 and 19-15820, 9th Cir.)....