Supreme Court of Florida
Taurus Holdings, Inc. v. US Fidelity and Guaranty Co., sc04-771
A "products-completed operations hazard" exclusion in a commercial general liability policy of insurance bars coverage and therefore eliminates an insurer's duty to defend an insured gun manufacturer in suits alleging negligence.
Appellate Information
- Decided 09/22/2005
- Published 09/22/2005
Judges
- CANTERO, J.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- John W. Harbin and Simon H. Bloom of Powell Goldstein, LLP, Atlanta, GA, June Galkoski Hoffman and Christopher E. Knight of Fowler White Burnett, P.A., Miami, FL, for Appellant(s)., William Scott Patterson of Jiranek, Jennings and Patterson, LLP, Baltimore, MD on behalf of United Policyholders; Ronald L. Kammer and Andrew E. Grigsby of Hinshaw and Culbertson, Miami, FL, Laura A. Foggan and John C. Yang of Wiley Rein and Fielding, LLP, Washington, DC on behalf of Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, for Amici Curiae.
- For Appellees:
- Jonathan A. Constine, Douglas S. Crosno and Lori Piechura of Hogan and Hartson, LLP, Washington, DC, Charles M.P. George of George, Hartz, Lundeen, et al., Coral Gables, FL, Thomas J. Morgan, Coconut Grove, FL, Walter J. Andrews, Michael S. Levine and Amy K. Savage of Shaw Pittman, LLP, McLean, VA, and Alyssa M. Campbell of Williams Montgomery and John, LTD, Chicago, IL, for Appellee(s).