Mealey's (February 14, 2017, 2:07 PM EST) -- HOUSTON — A federal judge in Texas on Feb. 9 held that a third-party holding corporate stock cannot seek coverage under an insurance policy’s plain language that limits coverage to “direct” losses when a corporate officer committed fraud that caused the devaluation of the corporation’s stock (HC4, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan v. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, No. 16-00090, S.D. Texas, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19605)....