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DE High Court Rejects Insurance Liability in Joyner-Francis Case

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DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware's Supreme Court has overturned a judge's ruling that an insurance company must extend liability coverage to a teenager who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom attack that left a 16-year-old girl dead.

Wednesday's ruling reverses a judge's determination that USAA Casualty Insurance Company had to indemnify Trinity Carr under her mother's homeowner's policy.

Carr was named as a defendant in two lawsuits filed by the family of Amy Joyner-Francis. Joyner-Francis, who had a rare, undetected, heart condition, died of sudden cardiac death after the 2016 fight captured on cellphone video at a Wilmington high school.

Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.