Insurer Not Obligated to Pay Settlement to Parents of Suicide Victim

May 28, 2019

Upholding the lower court’s ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has ruled that a Chubb Ltd. unit is not obligated to pay a $5 million settlement in a case where the parents of a 10-year-old who committed suicide filed suit against the therapist who had provided treatment to their son. The case is Chapman v. Ace Am. Ins. Co., No. 18-12972, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 15013 (11^th Cir. May 21, 2019).