Connecticut Judge Rules For Insurer In Coverage Suit Over Assault Claims

( October 23, 2024, 8:51 AM EDT) -- NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — A Connecticut judge granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that it has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured against underlying assault claims, finding that the insured’s “alleged violent assault” was no “accident” and, therefore, was not an “occurrence” to trigger coverage under her policy....