Superstorm Sandy Business Interruption Lawsuit to Remain in Federal Court

CAMDEN, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey has refused to remand a Superstorm Sandy insurance suit filed by a law firm that was denied coverage for nearly $1 million in business losses it says were related to the storm.

Judge Renee Marie Bumb of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled Jan. 6 that a removal notice filed more than 30 days after Cooper Levenson April Nieldelman & Wagenheim mailed the defendants a certified copy of its complaint was timely in light of the insurers’ contention that removal was based on a complaint personally …