Judge Grants Insurer’s Motion For Separate Trials In Coverage Suit Over Dog Bite

Mealey's (October 24, 2019, 1:41 PM EDT) -- FORT WAYNE, Ind. — A federal judge in Indiana on Oct. 21 granted a homeowners insurer’s motion for separate trials of its declaratory judgment lawsuit challenging coverage for an underlying dog bite claim and a cross-claim filed against its insured, concluding that bifurcation under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 42(b) is appropriate (The National Mutual Insurance Company v. Justin Hohenberger, et al., No. 19-79, N.D. Ind., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 182108)....