Court Allows Insurer to Proceed with Claims It Does Not Have to Defend or Indemnify ESOP Appraisal Firm

In Great American Fidelity Insurance Company v. Stout Risius Ross, Inc. et al, No. 2:19-cv-11294 (E.D. Mi, March 4, 2021), a district court allowed Great American Insurance Company to proceed with claims it does not have to defend or indemnify the ESOP appraisal firm Stout Risius Ross over allegations about its valuation work for Appvion, an ESOP company that went bankrupt.