Insurer Has No Duty To Defend Government’s FHA Suit, Michigan Panel Affirms

(May 16, 2022, 12:40 PM EDT) -- LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan appeals panel on May 12 held that a homeowners insurer has no duty to defend its rental property owner insured against the United States’ lawsuit alleging that he violated the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by subjecting female tenants to discrimination on the basis of their sex, finding that the lower court properly concluded that no reasonable interpretation of the underlying federal allegations triggered coverage....