Panel: Medical Monitoring Claim In Asbestos Suit Creates Potential For Coverage

(October 15, 2024, 10:54 AM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A trial court erred in finding that a former employee’s diagnosis of mesothelioma did not constitute an injury that arose during his employment, however, an insurer still owes a duty to defend and indemnify its insured for an underlying asbestos bodily injury suit because the former employee’s wife alleges a claim for medical monitoring that is potentially covered under the policy, a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel said in affirming the lower court’s ruling....

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