Panel Says Underlying Asbestos Suits Are Covered Under Premises-Operations Policies

( March 18, 2025, 8:29 AM EDT) -- FORT WORTH, Texas — The Second District Texas Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s ruling that an insurer has a continued duty to defend its insured against underlying asbestos bodily injury lawsuits because the trial court properly found that the underlying allegations fall within the policies’ premises-operations coverage and the insurer failed to show that its policies have been exhausted. . . .