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Insurer Can t Shake $4M Suit Over Sex Abuse Coverage
Law360 (January 27, 2021, 6:28 PM EST) A New Jersey federal judge refused Wednesday to toss a $4 million case by joint school insurance funds seeking indemnification from Illinois Union Insurance Company for sex abuse claims, finding that the funds sufficiently argued those types of claims are covered by their policies.
U.S. District Judge Susan D. Wigenton handed a victory to School Excess Liability Joint Insurance Fund, Diploma Joint Insurance Fund and School Alliance Insurance Fund, which pointed to policy language that specifically identified coverage limits for sexual abuse claims. Plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged that sexual abuse claims are covered by the policies, and that their payments towards.