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ACE AMERICAN INS. CO. v. RITE AID CORP.

No. 339, 2020.

270 A.3d 239 (2022)

ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Illinois Union Insurance Company, ACE Property & Casualty Company, and Federal Insurance Company Defendants Below, Appellants, v. RITE AID CORPORATION, Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corporation, and Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc. d/b/a Mid-Atlantic Customer Support Center, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 10, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garrett B. Moritz, Esquire , R. Garrett Rice, Esquire , ROSS ARONSTAM & MORITZ LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Marc S. Casarino, Esquire , WHITE & WILLIAMS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Jonathan D. Hacker, Esquire (argued), O'MELVENY & MYERS LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael S. Shuser, Esquire , and Blair E. Kaminsky, Esquire , HOLWELL SHUSTER & GOLDBERG LLP, New York, New York for Defendants Below, Appellants ACE American Insurance Company, Illinois Union Insurance Company, ACE Property & Casualty Company, and Federal Insurance Company.

Jody C. Barillare, Esquire , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Gerald P. Konkel, Esquire (argued), MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Washington, D.C., William R. Peterson, Esquire , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Houston, Texas, and Christopher M. Popecki, Esquire , MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, Los Angeles, California for Plaintiffs Below, Appellees Rite Aid Corporation, Rite Aid Hdqtrs. Corporation, and Rite Aid of Maryland, Inc.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices, constituting this Court en Banc.

The question before us is whether insurance policies covering lawsuits "for" or "because of personal injury require insurers to defend their insureds when the plaintiffs in the underlying suits expressly disavow claims for personal injury and seek only their own economic damages. The Superior Court decided...

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