( October 14, 2024, 1:37 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A commercial insurer filed a petition seeking rehearing of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ Sept. 25 ruling that affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of its declaratory judgment arising from an underlying multidistrict litigation alleging that the insured is liable under Texas’ sex trafficking statutes, challenging the panel’s finding that its duty to defend has not been extinguished because the underlying claims may impose liability on the insured that triggers coverage....