PA. Supreme Court Rules That Liability Carriers Are Not Automatically Protected From Having To Provide Coverage in Sex Trafficking Cases

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously rejected insurers’ attempt to block coverage for hotels sued over allegations that they enabled or profited from sex trafficking. In Samsung Fire and Marina v. R.I. Settlement Trust, the court held that Pennsylvania’s criminal prohibition on sex trafficking does not automatically bar insurance coverage. The court said the contract controls where the Human Trafficking Law does not answer the coverage question.