Judge Allows Parties To Submit Limited Briefing In Coverage Suit Over Tower Damage

Mealey's (April 24, 2020, 7:18 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Although “scrapping the parties' prior briefing entirely is unwarranted and is not in the interest of judicial economy,” a federal judge in Washington on April 22 allowed an insurer and an additional insured to submit limited briefing on the impact of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ Dec. 9, 2019, ruling that reversed and remanded a lower federal court’s ruling in favor of the insurer, as well as on the parties' understanding of the remaining issues to be adjudicated as raised by their cross-motions for summary judgment and any additional arguments not raised in their motions (T-Mobile USA Inc. v. Selective Insurance Company of America, No. 15-1739, W.D. Wash., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71171)....