Carbon Monoxide Coverage Suit Stayed Pending Resolution Of Similar State Court Suit

Mealey's (May 15, 2020, 1:17 PM EDT) -- LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge on May 13 granted a motion to stay an insurer’s suit seeking a coverage declaration for an underlying suit arising out of carbon monoxide poisoning after determining that the coverage issue can be resolved in an almost identical third-party complaint filed against the insurer by the underlying plaintiffs (Safeco Insurance Company of America v. Stephen Brindeiro, et al., No. 19-962, D. N.M., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84258)....