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Ohio Supreme Ct: Insurer Has No Duty to Defend Drug Distributor Against Opioid Lawsuit

An insurer has no duty to defend a drug distributor against lawsuits filed by cities and counties that allege it failed to take proper steps to prevent abuse of prescription opioids, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. In a 5-2 …

Iowa Supreme Court Finds Gross Negligence Not Always an Intentional Act

The Iowa Supreme Court cleared the way for a federal lawsuit against an amusement park to proceed, reversing a district court ruling that a ride operator’s fatal actions were so reckless that they amounted to an intentional act. If Stephen …

No CGL Insurance for Louisiana Recreation District

A Louisiana auditor says a Lacombe-area recreation district went uninsured for a year despite paying a Slidell insurance agency $10,000 for a commercial and general liability policy. The auditor says the St. Tammany Parish’s 4th Recreation District paid the Mike …

Ohio Supreme Court Determines Defective Construction is Not Covered by CGL Policy

The Supreme Court of Ohio recently held that defective construction is not an “occurrence” covered under a commercial general liability policy. The decision clarifies an issue on which lower appellate courts had been split, but the court’s broad ruling was …