Panel: Insured’s Failure To First Raise Arguments In Lower Court Is ‘Fatal’ To Appeal

( June 14, 2024, 2:35 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 13 held that an insured forfeited its arguments on appeal because it did not raise them first before a lower federal court, affirming the lower court’s grant of the insurer’s judgment on the pleadings in its declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing coverage for underlying sexual misconduct claims brought by the insured’s former employee....