A Berkshire Hathaway insurance unit is off the hook for liability coverage of an embryo storage facility facing a class action for fraud and misrepresentation in its advertising of a test used in connection with in vitro fertilization.
Policies issued by Landmark American Insurance Co. to Reproductive Genetics Institute Inc. weren’t triggered by deceptive practices claims in a purported class action suit, Judge Manish S. Shah of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said in a Thursday opinion.
Landmark’s commercial general liability policy covers damages stemming from “bodily injury,” “property damage,” or “personal and advertising ...