September 26, 2025
An insurer for a human resources company had no duty to defend it in a client's lawsuit alleging that a recently hired employee the company had screened embezzled more than $1 million, a California federal court ruled, finding a misappropriation of funds exclusion applied to bar coverage.
June 09, 2023
A company accused of performing a faulty background check that resulted in its client hiring a woman who robbed it of more than $1 million told a California federal court that its insurer can't rely on an exclusion to deny coverage.
May 26, 2023
A human resources company accused in a lawsuit of performing a faulty background check that resulted in its client hiring an individual who embezzled $1 million from it is not covered under a professional liability insurance policy, the company's insurer said.