( March 26, 2026, 11:06 AM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio denied a commercial insurer’s motion to intervene in 26 sex trafficking lawsuits brought against its hotel owner insureds, holding that the insurer has failed to establish its right to intervene because it has not shown that it has a substantial legal interest in the subject matter of the sex trafficking actions, that any of its alleged legal interests would be impaired absent the intervention and that its interests would not be properly represented by the existing parties....