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Liberty Must Indemnify Safeway In Slip Suit: Judge

Law360, New York (May 04, 2009) -- A federal judge has ordered Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. to pay defense and settlement costs to Safeway Inc., dealing a defeat to the insurer in connection with the grocer's settlement of an underlying slip-and-fall liability lawsuit.

Liberty Mutual owes indemnity under a general liability policy as well as costs for defending the underlying case, Judge Harvey Bartle III ruled Thursday in the U.S. District Court for...

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