Plaintiffs:  Reinsurer Fails To Show Treaty’s Application To Plane Crash Coverage Suit

Mealey's (December 8, 2020, 9:17 AM EST) -- MIAMI — An English reinsurer cannot cite any authority that a multilateral treaty preempts breach of contract and bad faith claims over insurers’ violations of duties to airlines, individuals who were awarded an $844 million default judgment in connection with a plane crash say in their Dec. 3 reply brief to a Florida federal court in support of remand (Priscila Elen De Souza Lima, et al. v. Linea Aerea Merida Internacional De Aviacion, et al., No. 20-23631, S.D. Fla.)....