Judge Partially Grants Stay Of COVID-19 Coverage Suit Pending JPMDL Ruling

Mealey's (July 24, 2020, 3:06 PM EDT) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on July 15 partially granted a self-proclaimed "mom and pop" South Carolina restaurant owner's motion to stay its class action against its all-risk commercial insurer for "swiftly" denying its claim for coverage for its closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic after the insured argued that the insurer will suffer no prejudice if the lawsuit is stayed pending the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's resolution of two motions to transfer "this and nearly 200 other related cases in 38 federal districts" for centralized pretrial proceedings (Richard Kahn, et al. v. Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, No. 20-00781, M.D. Pa.)....