Court Rules Insurer on the Hook for Underlying Damages for Wrongful Conviction Suit

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Risk & Insurance - May 07, 2020

After serving 28 years of a 70-year sentence for murder, William Virgil was exonerated in 2015. DNA evidence later led a Kentucky grand jury to dismiss the charges against Virgil in 2017. Virgil’s next course of action was to sue the City of Newport, Kentucky along with the various police officers i...

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