Insurer’s Liquidator Rejects Constitutional Arguments As Reasons To Oppose Dismissal

Mealey's (March 17, 2020, 1:06 PM EDT) -- SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Counterarguments of constitutional issues of federal jurisdiction and abstention as reasons to deny dismissal of an insured’s counterclaim against an insolvent insurer “are completely irrelevant to the legal issues,” the insurer’s liquidator tells a Puerto Rico federal court in a March 13 brief seeking dismissal of the insured’s counterclaim and voluntary dismissal of his lawsuit (Integrand Assurance Co. v. Puma Energy Caribe, LLC, No. 19-1195, D. Puerto Rico)....