Federal Judge Dismisses Excess Insurer’s Suit, Says Abstention Is Warranted

(November 22, 2016, 11:24 AM EST) -- GULFPORT, Miss. — A Mississippi federal judge on Nov. 18 dismissed an excess insurer’s suit against an additional insured’s excess insurer after determining that the coverage question at issue in the federal suit is the same as the  coverage question at issue in a pending state court case filed by the insured’s primary insurer (Associated International Insurance Co. v. First Specialty Insurance Corp., No. 16-239, S.D. Miss.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 160254)....

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