Nautilus Insurance Company asked the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to declare that an exclusion in the insured's insurance policy with Nautilus for claims arising out of an assault or battery, including a failure to prevent or suppress an assault or battery, exempted it from any duty to defend and indemnify the insured in the suit. (Photo: Shutterstock)
An insurance company did not have to defend or indemnify its insured in a lawsuit brought by a female minor alleging that the insured failed to intervene or report that sex traffickers had enticed her to engage in commercial sex acts at the insured's motel, a court ruled.
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