Magistrate Grants Insured’s Motion To Strike Insurer’s 6 Affirmative Defenses

Mealey's (October 29, 2019, 9:29 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A federal magistrate judge in Florida on Oct. 25 granted a hospital insured’s motion to strike its insurer’s six affirmative defenses in a declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking indemnification for an underlying negligence lawsuit brought by a mental health patient who alleged that she was injured by a hospital employee (Westchester General Hospital Inc. v. Evanston Insurance Company, No. 19-22831, S.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 184914)....