Judge in COVID-19 Insurance Case Sets Telephone Conference to Discuss ‘Next Steps’
U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia scheduled a telephone conference Aug. 30 at 2:30 p.m. EDT to discuss “the next steps” in Comcast Spectacor’s litigation against Factory Mutual Insurance, said a signed notice Wednesday (docket 2:23-cv-02476).…
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Bartle on Aug. 10 denied Spectacor’s motion to consolidate its case against Factory Mutual with two earlier-filed lawsuits under a single judge (see 2308140009). Philadelphia Flyers owner Spectacor alleges Factory Mutual refuses to honor the terms of the property insurance policy the team bought to protect against the type of “catastrophic loss” it suffered when its games were canceled or curtailed at the Wells Fargo Center in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 (see 2306290001).