Federal Judge Grants Insurer’s Motion To Dismiss Wrongful Death Coverage Suit

( September 16, 2025, 6:06 PM EDT) -- MOBILE, Ala.— A federal judge in Alabama granted an insurer and its claims handling entity’s motion to dismiss an insured’s lawsuit alleging that the insurer wrongfully denied additional insured coverage to the insured’s franchisor for an underlying wrongful death action, ruling that the insured tried to add a new claim to a lawsuit “over which the court lacked jurisdiction, root and branch.”...