Magistrate: Hotel Operator’s Motion To Dismiss Insurer’s Suit Should Be Denied

Mealey's (February 11, 2021, 12:57 PM EST) -- SAN ANTONIO — A federal magistrate judge in Texas on Feb. 9 recommended denying a hotel operator’s motion to dismiss an insurer’s third-party lawsuit against it, finding that the insurer sufficiently states claims for breach of contract and conversion based on the hotel operator’s failure to pay a contractor an agreed upon $195,000 to resolve the contractor’s breach of contract suit over remediation work for water damage....