Judge Stays Suit Pending Professional Liability Insurer’s Appeal Of Defense Duty

Mealey's (June 1, 2021, 1:36 PM EDT) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge in North Carolina on May 26 ordered as final and appealable his ruling that a professional liability insurer has a duty to defend against an underlying class action alleging that a senior living facility and its owners breached their contractual duties to provide adequate staffing and personal care, staying the separate claims for indemnity, breach of contract, unfair claims practices/trade practices and breach of the covenant of good faith pending consideration of the insurer’s appeal to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....