Nonsignatory Must Arbitrate Oil Barge Liability Dispute With Insurer, Judge Rules

(September 1, 2023, 1:56 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Florida federal judge on Aug. 31 granted a motion to compel arbitration of an oil transport barge guarantor’s third-party claims against its English insurer for marine protection and indemnity (P&I) coverage in a dispute over more than $6.2 million in costs sought by the United States for removal of roughly 150,000 gallons of petroleum products from the barge after it was declared a “potential hazard.”...