Insurer:  No Coverage Owed For State’s Unfair Trade Practices Suit Against Puppyland

(August 21, 2023, 1:48 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A commercial insurer filed suit in a federal court in Washington seeking a declaratory judgment that its policy does not cover the state of Washington’s unfair trade practices claims against Puppyland stores, contending that none of the underlying claims arises out of bodily injury, property damage, personal injury or advertising injury and “all claims arise out of conduct explicitly excluded from coverage under the liability portion of the policies.”...