Sports Card Maker Loses in Insurance Dispute

The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has handed the sports card maker Upper Deck Company a defeat when it affirmed a trial court’s ruling that the company’s insurer was not obligated to defend Upper Deck because the company’s legal claim had nothing to do with a “bodily injury.”   Rather, Upper Deck was accused in a class action lawsuit of randomly inserting valuable cards in packs of trading cards, which amounted, the plaintiffs alleged, to illegal gambling and a violation of th