Magistrate:  Declaratory Judgment Suit Doesn’t Deprive Insured Of Jury Trial

(September 26, 2023, 11:31 AM EDT) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas federal magistrate judge denied an insurer’s motion to strike a yacht owner’s jury trial demand in the insurer’s declaratory judgment suit against the owner, seeking a determination that the owner’s claim for yacht damage is excluded from coverage, finding that the declaratory judgment suit does not deprive the owner of the right to a jury trial on the counterclaims....