An insurance company cannot deny coverage to a police officer who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a fatal shooting and was later hit with a verdict of more than $470,000 in a civil rights suit because neither the guilty plea nor the civil verdict proved that the officer intended to kill, a federal magistrate judge has ruled.
In his 45-page opinion in Titan Indemnity Co. v. Cameron, U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas J. Rueter found that the civil jury concluded only that former Easton police officer Scott Cameron’s use of force was excessive under the circumstances, and made no findings about whether Cameron intended to violate the man’s civil rights.
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