8 results for 'cat:"Insurance" AND cat:"Defamation"'.
J. Crabtree grants Blue Cross Blue Shield's motion for summary judgment concerning defamation claims brought by a health insurance billing service. Blue Cross sufficiently showed in court that it did not set out to ruin the health insurance billing service's reputation by investigating submitted claims.
Court: USDC Kansas, Judge: Crabtree, Filed On: January 25, 2024, Case #: 5:19cv4007, NOS: Assault, Libel, & Slander - Torts - Personal Injury, Categories: Fraud, insurance, defamation
J. Heytens finds the lower court properly granted judgment to the insurance company. The investment advisor sought coverage from her company's insurance plan after a company sued her for defamation for telling her clients not to invest after she claims to have found damning information about the company's CEO. The insurance company refused to pay because the advisor was acting on her behalf rather than her company's when she blew the whistle on the company. Affirmed.
Court: 4th Circuit, Judge: Heytens , Filed On: January 24, 2024, Case #: 22-1542, Categories: insurance, defamation, Whistleblowers
J. Nunley denies, in part, an insurer’s action seeking a declaration it has no duty to defend or indemnify an insured in an underlying defamation case. It is unclear whether the insurer has a duty to defend under the parties' umbrella policy, which includes coverage for an accident or offense that causes personal injury.
Court: USDC Eastern District of California, Judge: Nunley, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv1761 , NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: insurance, defamation, Contract
J. Kleeh grants the insurance carrier's motion for summary judgment, finding it has no duty to indemnify or defend the aviation ground support company and its CEO in a pending civil suit by a former employee claiming the CEO defamed him after a May 19, 2020, asset acquisition went bad. Any statements the CEO made fall under the "Knowing Violation of Rights of Another and Material Published with Knowledge of Falsity" exclusion in coverage "B" of the company's commercial general liability policy.
Court: USDC Northern District of West Virginia, Judge: Kleeh, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv40, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: insurance, defamation, Aviation
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J. Sammartino finds that the insurance company’s obligation to defend a property company was triggered when the property company was sued by tenants for allegedly having illegal security deposit policies and for improperly reporting the tenants’ alleged debts to third parties. The insurer argues that the underlying class action is barred by the insurance policy’s Illegal Profits and Conversion exclusions. However, the tenants’ allegations of defamation against the property company are sufficient to give rise to coverage under the policy.
Court: USDC Southern District of California, Judge: Sammartino, Filed On: August 15, 2023, Case #: 3:23cv356, NOS: Insurance - Contract, Categories: insurance, defamation
J. Gustafson holds that the trial court properly granted insurers summary judgment, finding they had no duty under homeowners and other policies to defend an insured facing multiple claims stemming from earlier underlying litigation. The insured did not show the slander and malicious prosecution allegations fell within the policy coverage periods, the alleged economic loss did not qualify as property damage, and there is no specific reference to bodily injury in the underlying complaint that would be covered by the policies. Affirmed.
Court: Montana Supreme Court, Judge: Gustafson, Filed On: July 18, 2023, Case #: DA 22-0482, Categories: insurance, Malicious Prosecution, defamation