Excess Insurer’s Counterclaim Is Redundant, Federal Judge Says In Striking Claim

( July 14, 2026, 8:08 AM EDT) -- GREEN BAY, Wis. — An excess insurer’s counterclaim alleged against three of the insured’s other excess insurers cannot proceed because it is duplicative of the other excess insurers’ claim for declaratory relief in a complaint seeking reimbursement for the settlement of an underlying asbestos personal injury suit filed against an insured, a Wisconsin federal judge said in striking the counterclaim....