Hotel Owners Seek Dismissal Of Insurer’s Coverage Suit Over Sex-Trafficking Claims

(August 15, 2023, 10:27 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — Hotel insureds asked a federal court in Texas to dismiss a commercial general liability insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend and indemnify them against an underlying lawsuit alleging that a woman was abused and molested as a minor while in the insureds’ “care, custody or control,” arguing that the insurer’s lawsuit is not ripe for consideration and that the amended complaint does not invoke the federal court’s subject matter jurisdiction....