Panel Affirms Stay Of Suit Seeking Validity Of Insurer’s Subrogation Claim

Mealey's (February 4, 2020, 3:56 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appeals panel on Jan. 31 affirmed a lower court’s ruling that stayed an appellant’s declaratory judgment lawsuit disputing the validity of a professional liability insurer’s subrogation claim against his family trust, finding that the lower court’s determination that an ongoing lawsuit in Maryland “presented a more suitable forum” was within the court’s discretion (John Berman v. Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, No. A155394, Calif. App., 1st Dist., Div. 3)....