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Allegations Against Multiple Attorneys Deemed Related Acts or Omissions Constituting a Single Claim Subject to a Misappropriation of Client Funds Exclusion
Allegations Against Multiple Attorneys Deemed Related Acts or Omissions Constituting a Single Claim Subject to a Misappropriation of Client Funds Exclusion

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, applying Pennsylvania law, has held that the allegations against two attorneys named in a malpractice lawsuit constituted a single “claim” under a lawyers professional liability policy. D’Angelo & Eurell v. Allied World Specialty Ins. Co., 2025 WL 2433036 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 21, 2025). The court also held that the insurer had no duty to defend or indemnify either attorney pursuant to the policy’s misappropriation of client funds exclusion.

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