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January 01, 2024
Biggest General Liability Rulings From 2023's Second Half
Federal and state appeals courts provided general liability insurance practitioners with a handful of thought-provoking rulings in coverage disputes involving some hotly debated issues. Here, Law360 takes a look at the biggest rulings from the second half of 2023.
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October 10, 2023
5th Circ. Says Still No Coverage For Clubs In Model Ad Row
The Fifth Circuit again determined that a Munich Re unit owed no coverage over an advertising dispute between a group of models and strip clubs, upholding that both exclusions at issue in the two commercial liability policies the insurer issued the clubs appropriately bar coverage.
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September 08, 2023
5th Circ. Urged To Rethink Reversal Over Models' Ad suit
A group of professional models and strip clubs urged the Fifth Circuit on Friday to reconsider its split ruling that the clubs' insurer, a Munich Re unit, owed no coverage over the models' claims that the clubs used their images in advertising materials without their consent.
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August 25, 2023
Split 5th Circ. Reverses Clubs' Coverage For Models' Suit
A Munich Re unit owes no coverage to three strip clubs facing over $1.4 million in damages for using 16 professional models' images in advertising without consent, the Fifth Circuit ruled, finding that one exclusion absorbed underlying advertising injury and privacy claims while another exclusion did not render coverage illusory.
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November 17, 2022
Insurer Seeks 5th Circ. Reversal In Strip Club Ads Dispute
A Munich Re unit urged the Fifth Circuit to reverse a Texas federal court's ruling that it must cover three strip clubs held liable for using professional models' images in advertising materials without their consent, arguing the lower court wrongly interpreted two exclusions pertaining to advertising injuries.