Legal Opinion
AIG Property Casualty Co. v. Cosby
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 7, 2018No. 17-1505PPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOUTER, Associate Justice.
In this declaratory judgment action, plaintiff AIG Property Casualty Company appeals from a judgment that it has a duty to defend the policyholder, defendant William H. Cosby, Jr. We affirm.
Over the past decade, a number of women have accused Cosby of sexual assault. In 2014 and 2015, nine of them, also defendants here, filed three separate actions claiming that Cosby had defamed them by publicly denying their accusations. At relevant times, Cosby held two insurance policies issued by AIG: a homeowners policy and a personal excess liability policy (the "umbrella…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Bagley v. Monticello InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
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