A federal appeals court says an eastern Pennsylvania city and not its insurance company must pay a multimillion-dollar settlement with the widow of a police officer accidentally shot by another officer inside police headquarters.
The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a federal court’s decision that Scottsdale Insurance Co. should pay claims against the city of Easton in the death of officer Jesse Sollman after a March 2005 training exercise.
The appeals court cited an “employee injury exception” in the insurance policy in saying Scottsdale does not have to pay the $5 million settlement with Sollman’s widow, Carin. The court said more litigation will be needed to determine whether the company has to pay up to $50,000 under the policy’s “line of duty death” coverage.
Easton earlier this year borrowed about $3 million from itself to make a scheduled payment.
Topics Carriers Pennsylvania
Was this article valuable?
Here are more articles you may enjoy.
What Progressive and GEICO Q3 Results Reveal About Auto Insurance Profit, Growth 
With Earnings Up and Rates Dropping, Big National Execs Celebrate Florida Reforms 
Fire Destroys Miami Heat Coach’s $6.5M Home in Coral Gables 
Bipartisan Legislation Introduced to Retroactively Restore NFIP 
