Jerry Sandusky’s Insurer Must Pay Defense Costs for Now
This article is for subscribers only.
Federal Insurance Co. must continue to cover the defense costs of Jerry Sandusky, the former Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach accused of sexually abusing boys, a judge ruled.
Pennsylvania public policy bars enforcement of insurance contracts that indemnify the insured against damages arising from “certain reprehensible conduct,” said U.S. District Judge Yvette Kane in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. It’s unclear whether the policy makes Federal’s duty to provide Sandusky with a defense unenforceable, Kane said yesterday in court papers.