Judge Closes Fla. Coverage Case in Favor of Previously Filed La. Action

MIAMI - A federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss a drywall insurance coverage case that was filed by a homebuilder in Florida nearly nine months after its insurer filed a related case in Louisiana. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania v. Centerline Homes Inc., et al., No. 10-61707 (S.D. Fla.).

Judge Marcia G. Cooke of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida ruled April 27 that the coverage case filed by The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania should be transferred to the Eastern District of Louisiana, where a similar coverage case …