Insurer’s Complaint In Asbestos Coverage Dispute Properly Dismissed, Panel Says

( March 4, 2025, 10:47 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A commercial umbrella liability insurer’s complaint seeking a declaration that it no longer has a duty to defend or indemnify its insured for underlying asbestos bodily injury suits was properly dismissed based on the doctrine of claim preclusion because the insurer’s defense and indemnity obligations were already decided by the Missouri state court in a similar suit filed by the insured, the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said....