Single incident does not rise to excluded 'abuse' under homeowners policy

The justices were guided by a 2020 decision related to an identical policy where the court found the term "physical abuse" as used in the exclusion was ambiguous.

By Riley Brennan | March 30, 2023 at 12:06 AM

Overhead view of a person signing a homeowners insurance document.

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts last week reversed a lower court's judgment in favor of an insurance company, finding a single push in an unprovoked attack by the insured did not preclude coverage relating to the term "physical abuse" in the context of the abuse and molestation exclusion.

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