Mealey's (April 25, 2023, 10:07 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 24 denied a law firm insured’s petition to rehear its reversal of a lower federal court’s dismissal of a professional liability insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to indemnify the insured against underlying malicious prosecution claims and reimbursement of amounts that it paid for the insured’s underlying defense, standing by its ruling that the lower court erred in finding that California Insurance Code Section 533 did not apply to bar coverage....