Judge Refuses To Sever, Stay Action Against Broker In Professional Liability Suit

Mealey's (March 22, 2019, 1:59 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on March 20 denied an insurance broker’s motion to sever and stay a third-party action against it in a dispute over professional liability coverage, finding that the insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit is “indisputably intertwined” with the insured’s third-party claim against the broker (Twin City Fire Insurance Company v. Ovation Fund Services, LLC, et al., No. 18-14944, D. N.J., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45805)....