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malaise

(268,980 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 07:30 AM Jul 2012

Oops PSU is now up the creek - insurers to deny coverage

Insurers say they are not liable because the university failed to disclose the problem. Oh my!!

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/31304845/detail.html
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Penn State's legal battles continued Wednesday with the university's primary general liability insurer filing a motion claiming coverage should be denied because the administration failed to disclose what it knew about former coach Jerry Sandusky's behavior, according to legal documents.

The motion, filed in common pleas court by the Pennsylvania Manufacturer's Association, says Penn State did not provide it with information relevant to the insurable risk the association assumed. The association has already sued Penn State over the coverage of one of Sandusky's victims' claims against the university, filed in November 2011.

The association has insured Penn State under general liability policies since 1976.

"It would be unlawful and contradictory to public policy to require PMA to provide coverage to PSU under any policy issued to PSU after May 1998 with respect to PSU's concealment of Sandusky's sexually abusive conduct ... and failure to take appropriate action to prevent Sandusky from molesting minors," the motion read.
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Let's hear about character now PSU. You are fugged royally!

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Oops PSU is now up the creek - insurers to deny coverage (Original Post) malaise Jul 2012 OP
Think they will return the premiums paid? Scuba Jul 2012 #1
An insurance policy is a contract.. Fumesucker Jul 2012 #2
Not unless a court orders them to, which is highly unlikely....nt msanthrope Jul 2012 #3

Fumesucker

(45,851 posts)
2. An insurance policy is a contract..
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:10 AM
Jul 2012

Happy Valley evidently abrogated the terms of the contract by withholding crucial information, they don't deserve a refund.

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