Insurance
May 17, 2013
Negligent supervision likely not a covered 'occurrence' in California
Although there are published federal cases finding that such claims constitute an "occurrence," there is no support for that theory in the state cases. By Lynette Klawon Rintoul and Neil Selman
When employees and other supervised people engage in willful acts not covered by liability policies, some lawyers attempt to cast the incident as negligent hiring, training, retention or supervision. Many insurance coverage attorneys assume these negligence claims are covered under standard commercial general liability policies in California. However, our state courts stand at the brink of announcing that such claim...
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