JPML Again Rules That Coverage Actions Should Stay Out of Drywall MDL

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has again refused to transfer insurance coverage actions to the Chinese Drywall MDL, citing the lack of centralized discovery necessary to determine the coverage obligations at issue in each case. In Re: Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2047 (JPML).

In separate orders entered Aug. 9, the JPML denied a motion to transfer a declaratory judgment action filed by Amerisure Insurance Co. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana and vacated the conditional transfer of four others brought by Mid-Continent Casualty Co. The panel held …