Insurers’ Motion For Judgment Denied In Coverage Suit Over Real Estate Acquisition

Mealey's (December 4, 2019, 12:06 PM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas on Nov. 25 denied primary and excess insurers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings in a lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying claim that an insured committed tortious interference with existing contractual relations, finding that he cannot determine that the insurer’s coverage theory is “frivolous as a matter of law” in light of the underlying claims and the extrinsic evidence known to the insurers (Michel Schlup, et al. v. Depositors Insurance Company, et al., No. 19-02095, D. Kan., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 206770)....