(May 26, 2022, 11:52 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 23 held that a lower federal court was within its discretion to decline to hear an insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit in light of a parallel state court medical malpractice action for which the insurer is disputing coverage, finding that the “factors favoring abstention are at least as strong, if not stronger, than those favoring retention.”...