Judge: Fire Exclusion Bars Excess Coverage For $17M Verdict In Negligence Suit

( September 30, 2026, 11:01 AM EDT) -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida granted a commercial excess liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend or indemnify its property owner insured for a $17 million jury verdict reached in an underlying negligence lawsuit brought against the insured and the property manager, holding that the policy’s fire exclusion bars coverage....