No Coverage Owed Under Charterer Legal Liability Policy, Majority Affirms

( May 9, 2025, 11:20 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals majority affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a charterer legal liability insurer in a coverage dispute arising from a deckhand’s injury, finding that the policy was not triggered because the insured is liable for causing injuries to the seaman by breaching its duties as the owner of a natural gas extraction platform and not for breach of its duties as a charterer....