Judge Stands By Ruling That Insurer Waived Right To Remove Hurricane Maria Suit

( May 26, 2026, 12:14 PM EDT) -- CHRISTIANSTED, Virgin Islands — A federal chief judge in the Virgin Islands denied an insurer’s motion seeking reconsideration of a ruling that granted an insured’s motion to remand its lawsuit against the insurer and insurance agents arising from its property damage caused by Hurricane Maria, standing by his finding that although the insurer established that an arbitration agreement “falls under” the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, it contractually waived its right to remove the lawsuit to the federal court under the Federal Arbitration Act....