Magistrate Sua Sponte Extends Deadline To Respond To Mass Shooting Coverage Suit

Mealey's (December 12, 2019, 12:05 PM EST) -- LAS VEGAS — A federal magistrate judge in Nevada on Nov. 18 denied a joint motion for a status conference in a lawsuit alleging that a commercial general liability insurer wrongfully breached its duty to defend MGM Resorts International and others against more than 4,000 claims arising from the Oct. 1, 2017, mass shooting at the Route 91 Harvest Country Music Festival, sua sponte extending the insurer’s deadline to respond to the complaint (MGM Resorts International, et al. v. Zurich American Insurance Company, No. 19-01051, D. Nev.)....