Excess Insurers’ Motion To Dismiss Denied; Abstention Not Warranted, Judge Says

Mealey's (October 30, 2017, 1:24 PM EDT) -- MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin federal judge on Oct. 27 denied a motion to dismiss by four excess insurers involved in an asbestos coverage dispute after determining that abstention is not warranted because a separate suit filed by the insured in Ohio state court is not duplicative of the insured’s suit in Wisconsin federal court (Eaton Corp. v.  Westport Insurance Co., et al., No. 15-1157, E.D. Wis., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 178366)....