1253 Under an employer's liability policy that excluded coverage for personal injury resulting from termination or defamation, the carrier had no obligation to defend the insured against claims for emotional distress resulting from termination and defamation; a workers' compensation carrier had no duty to defend an action for emotional distress resulting from defamatory statements made by the insured about a former employee after the employee had been terminated.CitationFRANK & FREEDUS v ALLSTATE (Post-termination Defamation) 45 CA4 461 [See: Loyola Marymount v Hartford 219 CA3 1217; La Jolla B&T v Industrial 9 C4 27, T/AT 1/95]
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