Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. First Security Bank of Bozeman

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• drawing distinction under Montana law between physical injury and mental distress
• allegations of emotional distress do not fall within definition of “bodily injury” in insurance policy
• allegation that bank told employee she was fired was offered in support of the wrongful termination claim and did not create a separate claim for defamation
• duty to defend is triggered by the claim asserted in the underlying complaint. A bare factual allegation offered in support of a non-covered claim will not create a duty to defend.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).