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        "uri": "/2023/09/06/nationwide-argues-homeowner-auto-policies-dont-cover-insured-accused-of-aiding-in-womans-abduction-414-243134/",
        "title": "Nationwide argues home, auto policies don't cover insured accused of aiding in woman's abduction",
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        "summary": "The home insurance policy contains exclusions for 'criminal acts' and 'sexual molestation,' even if the insured is charged with or found guilty of a crime.",
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        "title": "Insurer sued for coverage of property damage from trespassing nephew",
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        "prettyDate": "July 20, 2023",
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        "summary": "The daughter of a man who died of COVID wants State Auto to cover damage she discovered after evicting the man's nephew, who had moved into the home without permission.",
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        "title": "Rhode Island High Court vacates ruling for Allstate, ordering stalled property appraisal after nearly a decade",
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        "summary": "The Rhode Island Supreme Court vacated and remanded a lower court's ruling, determining a property owner had properly demanded an appraisal within the time limit provided in his policy with Allstate.",
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        "prettyDate": "March 30, 2023",
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        "summary": "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.",
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        "summary": "Michael Pansini, counsel for the plaintiff, said he plans to appeal the decision, calling the statutory employer doctrine 'anachronistic.'",
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