Kinsale Insurance Company v. Mata Chorwadi, Inc.

  1. June 16, 2023

    Motel Can't End Coverage Fight Over Death Suit, Judge Says

    A Florida federal magistrate judge backed an insurer's argument that it doesn't have to cover a lawsuit against a motel where a woman fatally overdosed on fentanyl, recommending that the motel's motion to dismiss be denied.

  2. March 20, 2023

    Judge Recommends Trimming Insurer Suit Over Inn Overdose

    Kinsale Insurance Co. failed to sufficiently argue that certain exclusions in an inn's commercial general liability policy barred coverage for claims the inn failed to prevent a fatal fentanyl overdose, a Florida federal magistrate judge found, amounting one of the insurer's counts to a "shotgun pleading."

  3. September 19, 2022

    Insurer Says Motel Not Covered For Fentanyl Death Suit

    A Florida motel is not entitled to coverage for an underlying suit filed by the family of a woman who died of a fentanyl overdose on the motel's premises, an insurer told a Florida federal court, saying coverage is barred by the policy's pollution and chemical materials exclusions.