Coverage Dispute Over Negligently Installed Sewer Line Transferred

Mealey's (June 27, 2022, 2:39 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — A federal judge in Minnesota on June 22 ruled that transfer of an insured’s coverage dispute against its commercial general liability and excess coverage insurers stemming from a lawsuit filed against the insured over its allegedly negligent installation of a sewage pipeline and the resulting damage caused by a “catastrophic reverse flow event” that injured an individual to Washington federal court was necessary under the first-filed rule and federal statute....