Scottsdale Insurance Company v. McGrath

21-2643

December 11, 2023
2nd Circ. Tosses Restaurateur, Insurer's Coverage Order Row

A Second Circuit panel rejected a restaurant owner's fight with a Nationwide unit over his rights to coverage under a directors and officers policy, saying Monday that both parties could not appeal lower court orders that were not yet final.
October 26, 2022
2nd Circ. Doubts It Can Hear Restaurateur's Coverage Fight

Second Circuit judges seemed unconvinced that they have the jurisdiction to hear a restaurant owner's fight with a Nationwide unit over his rights to coverage under a directors and officers policy, spending most of Wednesday's oral argument grilling attorneys from both sides on why they didn't seek an interlocutory appeal.
February 18, 2022
2nd Circ. Urged To Revive Bad-Faith Claim In Restaurant Fight

The former co-manager of an insolvent Colorado restaurant venture urged the Second Circuit to allow him to pursue damages and a bad-faith claim against a Nationwide unit, arguing to the appellate court that he is covered under a directors and officers policy the unit issued to one of the venture's controlling entities.