July 14, 2025
A drywall company's insurer has no duty to cover the business in a pending wrongful death lawsuit over a woman's murder, a Texas federal court ruled Monday, saying that both "common sense" and a "plethora of caselaw" support its finding that an assault and battery exclusion applies.
May 12, 2025
A drywall company told a Texas federal judge that Knight Specialty Insurance Co. cannot use an assault and battery exclusion to escape its obligation to defend the company after one of its employees murdered a woman, saying Monday "murder is different than assault or battery."
November 27, 2024
An insurer said it has no duty to defend or indemnify a drywall company accused of negligently hiring a man who murdered a house cleaner in a home he was working on in Galveston County, telling a Texas federal court that several policy exclusions preclude coverage.