AMERICAN COMMERCE INS. CO. v. PORTO

No. 2001-80-Appeal.

811 A.2d 1185 (2002)

AMERICAN COMMERCE INSURANCE COMPANY v. Sebastian M. PORTO et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Faria, Carol Nicholson Glick, Providence, for Plaintiff.

James T. Murphy/Frederic A. Marzilli/Jeffrey D. Sowa, Joel K. Gerstenblatt/Gregory A. Carrara/Andrew J. Murray, Sarah McConnell Dubois, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., LEDERBERG, FLANDERS, and GOLDBERG, JJ.


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

This is an insurance-coverage dispute concerning the scope of a policy provision excluding coverage for bodily injury claims arising out of "the actual, alleged or threatened sexual molestation of a person." The defendants, Sebastian M. Porto (Porto), the Boy Scouts of America, Narragansett Council (BSA),1 and a member of the BSA troop who was a minor when...

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