Judge Dismisses Insurers’ Action Disputing Coverage For Wrongful Conviction Suit

Mealey's (October 8, 2020, 12:15 PM EDT) -- SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A federal judge in Indiana on Oct. 1 dismissed insurers’ declaratory judgment lawsuit arising from a wrongful conviction action brought against its city insured and a police officer, finding that the lawsuit presents a “classic example of when abstention is proper” because only declaratory relief is sought and there is an ongoing parallel state court proceeding (Northfield Insurance Company, et al. v. City of Elkhart, et al., No. 20-145, N.D. Ind., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 181519)....