Insurer Asks 3rd Circuit To Reverse Abstention Order In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's (March 4, 2021, 11:25 AM EST) -- PHILADELPHIA — An insurer recently asked the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a lower federal court’s ruling that remanded a restaurant owner insured’s novel coronavirus coverage lawsuit to a New Jersey court, challenging the federal court’s finding that it should abstain from hearing the lawsuit “as a matter of comity” considering the “unique nature of the COVID-19 pandemic and its resulting legal issues."...