6th Circuit: No Coverage Owed For False Advertising Suit Against Coffee Company

Mealey's ( June 2, 2023, 1:44 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 1 affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of primary and umbrella commercial liability insurers in a coverage dispute arising from underlying false advertising claims brough by Hawaii coffee growers against a coffee company insured, finding that there was no coverage triggered under the policies’ disparagement and slogan infringement provisions....