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Jeffrey R. Groendal, Bar No. 254097
igroendal@klinedinstlaw.com
KLINEDINST PC
Los Angeles, California 90017
Ronald P. Schiller (pro hac vice motion to follow)
rschiller@hangley.com
Sharon F. McKee (pro hac vice motion to follow)
smckee@hangley.com
HANGLEY ARONCHICK SEGAL
PUDLIN & SCHILLER
One Logan
Philadelphia,
Square, 27th Floor
Pennsylvania 19103
Attorneys for Plaintiff
ARCH SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ARCH SPECIALTY INSURANCE Case No. 2:19-cv-6964
COMPANY,
Plaintiff,
v.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA,
Defendant.
1. In this insurance action, Arch Specialty Insurance Company ("Arch")
seeks a declaration that the excess healthcare professional liability policies that it issued to the University of Southern California ("USC") include an Abuse or
Molestation Exclusion, which bars claims otherwise covered under the underlying policies. Arch would not have issued its excess policy without this exclusion, and
USC accepted this contract term. While USC had ample opportunity to object if it
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believed that the Abuse or Molestation Exclusion had been included in error, for nearly two years USC never did until it realized that it was facing charges of abuse spanning decades…