Insurance
Aug. 1, 2014
Insurance company no longer has to foot church's legal costs
The interpretation of an assault and battery exclusion in an insurance policy means the Roman Catholic Church Diocese of Phoenix can't recoup legal fees, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in a published opinion Wednesday.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
An insurance company doesn't have to foot the legal costs for one Roman Catholic Church diocese's sexual abuse cases, after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a lower court's ruling.
After settling four cases stemming from alleged sexual abuse by its priests, the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Phoenix sought repayment for legal costs from its insurance c...
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