Personal capacity claims definition
Personal capacity claims means naming you in your individual judicial capacity, seeking to impose personal liability upon you for actions taken under the color of state law.• “You” means a person or entity listed as a self-insured. Self-Insured Limits • For each claim, the limits shown above are the maximum amount the self-insured program shall pay for a combined total of all damages, claims expenses, attorney fees, and associated defense costs arising out of or in connection with the same or related acts, errors, or omissions.• Subject to the per claim limitation above, the maximum amount the self-insured program shall pay for the combined total of all covered damages, claims expenses, attorney fees, and associated defense costs arising out of any and all claims made during the program term will not exceed the amount shown for the individual self-insured aggregate.• Attorney fees, associated defense costs, and claims expenses are within the self-insured limits and will reduce the amount the self-insured program is responsible for paying as damages. When the total of attorney fees, associated defense costs, and claims expenses are incurred by the self-insured program and/or the damages paid by the self-insured program equals or exceeds the limits of self-insurance, the self-insured program has no further obligation to you. Program Exclusions • Any claim arising out of bodily injury, sickness, disease, disability, disfigurement, death, or any other physical impairment.• Any claim arising out of injury, damage, or destruction to any tangible property including the loss of thereof except when arising out of your judicial decision.• Any claim arising out of conduct outside of your duties as a judge.• Any claim arising out of a conflict of interest between your interests as a judge and the interest of any business enterprise you own, control, or manage, either individually or as a fiduciary. There is no self-insured coverage for claims expenses.• Any claim arising out of any criminal, dishonest, intentional, malicious, reckless, or deliberate act, error, or omission. There is no self-insured coverage for claims expenses.• Any suit or writ seeking equitable or extraordinary relief. There is no self-insured coverage for claims expenses.• The cost of any legal or investigative services directly contracted or hired by you.• There is no coverage for any judge for claims asserted for activity during a period of suspension pursuant to the Supreme Court Rules for the Government of the Judiciar...