Rescission Row Stayed Pending Resolution Of Underlying Suit Against Contractor

(August 22, 2023, 9:09 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge granted a painting contractor’s motion for a stay in an insurer’s suit against the contractor seeking rescission of the contractor’s insurance policy and a declaratory judgment that it is not required to provide coverage to the contractor in an underlying breach of contract case, finding that a stay pending resolution of the underlying case is warranted in part due to the overlap between the cases such that issuing a stay “increases judicial efficiency.”...