An Arizona appellate court affirmed a trial court ruling in favor of a homeowners insurer, finding that the “prohibited dog” exclusion in the policy's animal liability endorsement barred coverage for negligence claims against the insured.

The claims asserted that the insured's pit bull had bitten the underlying plaintiff, and that the insured had negligently failed to inform the underlying plaintiff as to whether the pit bull had timely received its rabies shots.

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