10th Circuit revives Mormon Church’s fight with insurers over sex abuse settlements

The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints can pursue insurance coverage for settlements related to sexual abuse lawsuits, reversing a lower court's decision. The panel found ambiguity in the insurers' policies regarding what constitutes an 'occurrence' under Utah law, allowing the church's claim that negligence between 2007 and 2011 leading to multiple abuses by Michael Jensen should be treated as a single event.