Judge Refuses To Dismiss Insurer’s Coverage Suit Arising From Fentanyl Overdose

Mealey's (December 5, 2019, 5:31 PM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — Noting that a defendant’s motion to dismiss an insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit was “steeped solely in the doctrine of abstention,” a federal judge in Missouri concluded Nov. 26 that all six factors in Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Detco Indus., Inc., 426 F.3d 994 (8th Cir. 2005), favor hearing the insurer’s declaratory judgment action in federal court (Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Jesse Yount, et al., No. 19-890, E.D Mo., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 204971)....