Judge: Assault & Battery Exclusion Bars Coverage For Suit Over House Cleaner’s Death

( July 21, 2025, 8:32 AM EDT) -- GALVESTON, Texas — A Texas federal judge granted a commercial general liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend or indemnify its insured for an underlying negligence lawsuit brought against its contractor insured, finding that coverage is barred because the underlying claims arise from an assault and battery, which resulted in the death of a house cleaner....