Insureds Oppose Insurer’s High Court Appeal Of Employment Practices Coverage Suit

Mealey's (December 1, 2020, 10:37 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Insureds on Nov. 19 filed an opposition to an insurer’s petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Montana Supreme Court ruling that a lower court properly exercised personal jurisdiction over the insurer under Montana's long-arm statute and the due process clause of the 14th Amendment in the insureds’ lawsuit seeking coverage for an underlying class action employment dispute, challenging the insurer’s “new argument” that the high court should accept the writ of certiorari because the novel coronavirus “has introduced uncertainty into the insurance industry” (Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. Gateway Hospitality Group Inc., et al., No. 20-515, U.S. Sup.)....