A court of the Northern District of Texas granted an insurer’s motion for leave to plead the Monroe exception, finding that there is no futility or untimeliness attributable to the proposed amended pleading and recognizing that developments in the law behind the Monroe exception, including its pleading requirement, are recent.
auto dealers policy, criminal acts exclusion, duty to defend, duty to indemnify, Monroe exception, eight-corners rule, motion for leave, amended pleading, amended complaint, futility, timeliness
