Insurer Owes Duty To Defend Insured Against Underlying Exposure Suit

(March 1, 2022, 8:56 AM EST) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. — A South Carolina federal judge on Feb. 22 granted an insured’s motion for partial summary judgment after determining that an insurer owes a duty to defend the insured against an underlying chemical exposure suit because there is a possibility that the underlying claimant, who was exposed to wood treating chemicals that caused cancer, was exposed to the chemicals during the insurer’s policy period....