Insurer Removes Restaurant’s Texas Coronavirus Coverage Suit To Federal Court

(May 29, 2020, 1:38 PM EDT) -- DALLAS — Alleging that an insurance broker was fraudulently joined, a commercial property insurer on May 26 filed notice in a federal court in Texas removing its restaurant owner insured’s lawsuit seeking business interruption coverage for business losses and extra expenses “resulting from the actions taken by civil authorities to stop the human to human and surface to human spread of the COVID-19 outbreak” (Vandelay Hospitality Group LP v. The Cincinnati Insurance  Company, et al., No. 20-01348, N.D. Texas)....