Mealey's (March 23, 2021, 11:43 AM EDT) -- FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas federal judge on March 19 denied competing motions to dismiss requests for declaratory judgment over a commercial general liability insurance policy, ruling that the question of the insurer’s duty to defend is properly before the court, that the issue of the insurer’s duty to indemnify is not yet ripe and that the insured has pleaded facts that, if true, are sufficient to establish its right to independent counsel....