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Shooting death excluded from insurance by battery and weapons exception (US)

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By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on July 22, 2022

This blog was co-authored by: Anitah Ndhlovu, Candidate Attorney

When a man was shot outside a food store, the wife sued the store’s operator and sought the benefits of the store’s insurance liability policy.  The claim failed because of two exclusions, namely an assault and battery exclusion and a weapons exclusion.

The policy indemnified “…

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