Whiskey glass with ice and car keys. Illinois Casualty moved for summary judgment, arguing that the insurer did not owe the Parks defendants "any duty to defend or duty to indemnify with respect to the underlying lawsuit" under the liquor liability policy issued to Little Daddy's and the businessowners policies for both clubs. (Credit: Maren Winter/Shutterstock.com)

A liquor liability exclusion precluded any duty for an insurer to defend a suit in which an injured motorist claimed a bar had negligently allowed a customer to become inebriated, the Indiana Supreme Court decided. The case is Ebert v. Illinois Cas. Co., No. 22S-PL-8 (Ill. June 16, 2022).

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