Magistrate Denies Insured’s Motion To Compel Appraisal Of Hurricane Sally Damage

(June 26, 2023, 10:51 AM EDT) -- MOBILE, Ala. — A federal magistrate judge in Alabama denied an insured’s motion to compel appraisal in a coverage lawsuit over Hurricane Sally damage to its 10 four-story residential condominium buildings in Gulf Shores, Ala., finding that appraisal is not appropriate at this time because the parties' dispute involves the cause of the insured’s loss and not just the amount of loss....