Insurer Has Duty To Defend Suit Over UTV Accident, Wisconsin Panel Affirms

(March 27, 2024, 1:43 PM EDT) -- WAUSAU, Wis. — A Wisconsin appeals court on March 26 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that a homeowners insurer has a duty to defend its insureds against an underlying lawsuit arising from an accident involving a utility terrain vehicle (UTV), finding that the underlying complaint adequately alleges facts that would trigger coverage under an exception to a policy exclusion that barred coverage “for the ownership, maintenance, use, loading or unloading of the UTV.”...