Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the insurer’s duty to 43 defend extended to counterclaims raised in the same proceeding because “the pursuit of the counterclaims was inextricably intertwined with the defense . . . and was necessary to the defense of the litigation as a strategic matter”
• holding the duty to indemnify exception did not apply to a case settled by the insured
• holding the duty to indemnify exception did not apply to a case settled by the insured
• Slander claim viable as intentional, reckless or negligent defamation, therefore, policy exclusion for knowingly making false statement did not relieve insurer of duty to defend
• duty to defend requires insurer to bring any counterclaim that is factually “inextricably intertwined” with underlying claim
• duty to defend requires insurer to bring any counterclaim that is factually \inextricably intertwined\ with underlying claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).