An insurance company owed no duty to defend the Montville School District in a suit by an alleged victim of molestation committed by a former teacher, a federal judge in Newark has ruled.

Zurich American Insurance Co. was entitled to summary judgment because the acts that formed the basis of the suit fell within the abusive act exclusion in the policy language, U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty ruled.

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