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December 2023

GRSM Minneapolis Partner Suzanne Jones and Senior Counsel Luke Wolf Win Motion to Dismiss Duty to Defend Claim Against Insurer Client

Minneapolis Partner Suzanne Jones and Senior Counsel Luke Wolf obtained dismissal of a law firm’s claim that Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani's insurer client owed it a duty to defend under a legal malpractice policy against an arbitration seeking over $3 million. 

The underlying arbitration against the insured asserted several claims, all of which arose out of the insured’s alleged breaches of litigation funding agreements. GRSM filed a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, asserting several coverage defenses under the professional liability policy. In granting the motion, the court concluded that the arbitration did not allege a “wrongful act” as required to fall within the policy’s insuring agreement, such that GRSM’s insurer client owed no duty to defend. 

Suzanne L. Jones



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