Judge Transfers COVID-19 Coverage Suit Brought By Owner Of Close To 80 Restaurants

Mealey's (April 30, 2021, 10:37 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Calling it a “quizzical situation,” a federal judge in Illinois on April 26 refused to remand a coronavirus coverage lawsuit brought by the owner and operator of a network of nearly 80 restaurants throughout the country and exercised his discretion to transfer the lawsuit to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida where the insurer has a nearly identical declaratory judgment lawsuit pending....