Mealey's (November 14, 2017, 2:30 PM EST) -- GREENBELT, Md. — A Maryland federal judge held Oct. 16 that a professional liability insurer is liable for the money damages incurred by its insureds in a medical malpractice dispute, rejecting the insurer’s argument that a doctor insured’s failure to cooperate was a sufficient basis to deny coverage and finding instead that the insurer was prejudiced by its own choice not to defend the malpractice lawsuit from the beginning (Claudia M. Mora, et al. v. Lancet Indemnity Risk Retention Group, Inc., No. 16-960, D. Md., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171122)....