Magistrate: Defendant CGL Insurer Owes Defense For Negligence Suit Against Insured

(June 13, 2024, 1:54 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in California held that underlying allegations that an insured negligently conducted cyclic steaming operations constitute an “occurrence” under a defendant commercial general liability insurer’s policy, granting the plaintiff CGL insurer’s joint motion for summary judgment as to the defendant insurer’s duty to defend against an underlying lawsuit brought against their mutual insured....