The possibility that a civil tort suit is barred due to an employer-employee relationship between the parties does not necessarily relieve a general liability insurer of its duty to defend, the Appellate Division ruled Monday.
The court held in Ionbond, Inc., v. Valley Forge Insurance Company, A-3370-09, that because the liability policy’s language was ambiguous, the duty to defend was not abrogated by the fact that the cause of action likely fell under the workers’ compensation bar.
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