FLRish Retail Management & Security Services LLC v. Hallmark Specialty Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 FLRISH RETAIL MANAGEMENT & Case No. 20-cv-00096-CRB SECURITY SERVICES LLC, et al., 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS v.
HALLMARK SPECIALTY INSURANCE
COMPANY,
Defendant.
Plaintiffs (collectively, “FLRish”) have sued Hallmark Specialty Insurance Co., claiming that Hallmark wrongfully denied coverage and violated its duty to defend FLRish against a discrimination and retaliation action brought by a former employee. Because the claim at issue was clearly excluded from coverage under the applicable policies, Hallmark’s motion to dismiss is granted with prejudice. I. BACKGROUND On March 1, 2018, Hallmark issued an employment practices liability policy of insurance to FLRish. Compl. (dkt. 1) ¶ 9. The initial policy ran from March 1, 2018, to March 1, 2019, Policy One (dkt. 11, Ex. A) at HSIC 3,1 and was renewed for a period running from March 31, 2019, to March 31, 2020, Policy Two at HSIC 34. Both…