Insurer Says Additional Reimbursement For Adult Film Suit Is Warranted

Mealey's (May 1, 2020, 3:38 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should reverse a district court’s ruling that an insurer is not entitled to reimbursement of more than $150,000 incurred to settle an underlying lawsuit filed against an insured commercial landlord by actors who allege that they contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the course of filming sexual activity at the insured’s premises because the insurer satisfied the necessary obligations to seek reimbursement, the insurer says in an April 13 response brief (Atain Specialty Insurance Company Inc. v. Armory Studios LLC, et al., Nos. 19-15745 and 19-15820, 9th Cir.)....