Insurer’s Successor Asks 9th Circuit To Reverse Dismissal Of Conservatorship Case

Mealey's (August 26, 2021, 9:23 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Neither the prior exclusive jurisdiction rule nor abstention under Younger v. Harris applies to allegations that state regulators abused their authority in obtaining a conservatorship against a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, the insurer’s successor in interest argues in an Aug. 16 appellant brief before the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, seeking reversal and remand following a trial court’s dismissal of the case....