United States Fourth Circuit

In an action for insurance proceeds claiming that the policy at issue obligated Defendant-Insurer to defend Plaintiff-Insured against claims of torture in Iraqi prisons, summary judgment for Defendant is affirmed, where the policy limited coverage to events in the U.S. and Canada and no exception applied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/14/2009
• Published 05/14/2009

Judges

• Before WILKINSON and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and DAVID A. FABER, Senior United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John Edward Heintz, Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Walter J. Andrews, Hunton & Williams, LLP, McLean, Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  David Laufman, Kelley, Drye & Warren, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Brian J. Gerling, Hunton & Williams, LLP, McLean, Virginia, Reginald M. Skinner, Hunton & Williams, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.