Insurer: Court Erred In Abdicating Its Duty To Exercise And Retain Jurisdiction

Mealey's (September 25, 2017, 1:29 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — An insurer recently argued to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that none of the factors considered by a lower federal court, independently or even collectively, is sufficient to warrant its decision to stay the insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit challenging coverage for a data breach that resulted in a $4.12 million class action settlement (Columbia Casualty Co. v. Cottage Health System, No. 16-56872, 9th Cir.)....