Delaware Judge: Products Liability Claims Against Mattel Constitute 1 ‘Occurrence’

( April 1, 2025, 11:17 AM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge determined that underlying products liability claims brought against Mattel Inc. and Fisher Price Inc. (collectively, Mattel) constituted a single “occurrence” under their tower of commercial general liability insurance policies and should be allocated by the year in which the bodily injury occurred for the policies above the primary tower level, further finding that Great American Assurance Co. has a duty to defend against claims that were allocated to 2013....