Judge Orders Insured To Show Cause As To Why COVID-19 Suit Should Not Be Dismissed

Mealey's (April 7, 2020, 2:31 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — One day after a sports bar insured sued its commercial property insurer seeking coverage for its losses arising from the “COVID-19 governmental suspension of business operations,” a federal judge in Florida on April 3 issued a sua sponte order directing the insured to show cause as to why its complaint should not be dismissed for lack of diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S. Code Section 1332(a)(1), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a)(1) (Prime Time Sports Grill, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London,  No. 20-00771, M.D. Fla.)....