Judge Finds Indemnity Claim For Coverage Of Underlying Flood Claim Must Continue

( July 17, 2025, 8:17 AM EDT) -- OAKLAND, Calif. — A federal judge in California denied a railway company’s motion to dismiss or stay an insurer’s claim for declaratory relief that it did not have a duty to indemnify the railway company in an underlying complaint against it for negligence after the construction of the railway caused property to flood, finding that the railway company provided no reason that the claim regarding the duty to indemnify should be dismissed or stayed, while the insurer’s claim for declaratory relief that it did not have a duty to defend continues....