June 16, 2023
A Florida federal magistrate judge backed an insurer's argument that it doesn't have to cover a lawsuit against a motel where a woman fatally overdosed on fentanyl, recommending that the motel's motion to dismiss be denied.
March 20, 2023
Kinsale Insurance Co. failed to sufficiently argue that certain exclusions in an inn's commercial general liability policy barred coverage for claims the inn failed to prevent a fatal fentanyl overdose, a Florida federal magistrate judge found, amounting one of the insurer's counts to a "shotgun pleading."
September 19, 2022
A Florida motel is not entitled to coverage for an underlying suit filed by the family of a woman who died of a fentanyl overdose on the motel's premises, an insurer told a Florida federal court, saying coverage is barred by the policy's pollution and chemical materials exclusions.