Court Finds Defense Coverage Under D&O Policy Where Dispute Whether Officer was Acting on Behalf of Company
12/20/2010 Articles
The Ninth Circuit recently reaffirmed the California legal standards that mandate that insurers defend their insureds where the insured would reasonably expect a defense, and that a third party plaintiff’s factual allegations, not its legal conclusions, govern the duty to defend. Goerner v. Axis Reinsurance Co., 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 21624 (Oct. 20, 2010, 9th Cir. unpublished).
