J.E.M. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York

How courts have described this case

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• stating “whether an insurer has a duty to defend presents a justiciable question suitable for a declaratory judgment action.”
• no duty to defend claims of negligence in failing to inform other responsible adults of insured’s sexual misconduct and in failing to seek professional help for such conduct
• even though plaintiff alleged a cause of action for negli gence, the facts alleged a sexual assault, an intentional injury, which was not covered by the policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).