TAURUS HOLDINGS v. U.S. FIDELITY

No. SC04-771.

913 So.2d 528 (2005)

TAURUS HOLDINGS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 22, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Harbin and Simon H. Bloom of Powell Goldstein, LLP, Atlanta, GA, June Galkoski Hoffman and Christopher E. Knight of Fowler White Burnett, P.A., Miami, FL, for Appellant(s).

Jonathan A. Constine, Douglas S. Crosno and Lori Piechura of Hogan and Hartson, LLP, Washington, DC, Charles M.P. George of George, Hartz, Lundeen, et al., Coral Gables, FL, Thomas J. Morgan, Coconut Grove, FL, Walter J. Andrews, Michael S. Levine and Amy K. Savage of Shaw Pittman, LLP, McLean, VA, and Alyssa M. Campbell of Williams Montgomery and John, LTD., Chicago, IL, for Appellee(s).

William Scott Patterson of Jiranek, Jennings and Patterson, LLP, Baltimore, MD on behalf of United Policyholders; Ronald L. Kammer and Andrew E. Grigsby of Hinshaw and Culbertson, Miami, FL, Laura A. Foggan and John C. Yang of Wiley Rein and Fielding, LLP, Washington, DC on behalf of Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association, for Amici Curiae.


CANTERO, J.

In this case we must decide whether commercial liability insurance policies exclude coverage for lawsuits that several municipalities have filed against a gun manufacturer. The municipalities seek to recover the cost of medical and other services incurred as a result of gun violence in their communities. The issue is whether the damages "arise out of" the use of guns, and are thus excluded from coverage under the policies' products-completed operations...

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