A federal appeals court asked Pennsylvania’s high court to address whether state law requires insurers to pay for defense and indemnity costs in litigation alleging a policyholder—in this case, a motel—violated the state’s ban on sex trafficking.
There are two pivotal questions of law for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to address, the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said Monday: first, whether the state’s public policy against enabling and profiting from sex trafficking overrides commercial liability insurers’ duty to cover a policyholder’s defense costs and any possible judgment against it; and second, whether the duty is abrogated only …
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Publish date : 2024-08-12 10:08:00
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