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WEBINAR: Assault & Battery Exclusions and How to Win the Fight
Join partner David Harris and attorney Carter Overbey for an informative presentation that will provide a cross-country review of Assault & Battery Exclusions and the different methods by which courts interpret the exclusion, as well as the characteristics of a robust Assault & Battery Exclusion likely to be enforced by the courts. This webinar also will feature discussion on some of the common tactics employed by counsel for policyholders and tort claimants to avoid the application of Assault & Battery Exclusions, and how to fight back.
Who Should Attend:
- Claims professionals with insurance carriers issuing commercial general liability & liquor liability policies containing Assault & Battery Exclusions to consumer facing businesses, including bars, nightclubs, restaurants, apartment complexes, condominiums, HOAs, sporting complexes, and other residential property and night life businesses.
What You’ll Learn:
- How different jurisdictions treat Assault & Battery Exclusions, including which policy language provides the most risk protection to insurers and which states are more apt to enforce the provisions of the exclusion.
- How the Assault & Battery Exclusion can be applied to assault & battery committed by third parties, rather than directly by the insured or its employees.
- Common tactics employed by counsel for policyholders and tort claimants to defeat the application of Assault & Battery Exclusions, and how to fight back.