State Court Better Suited To Decide Application Of Exclusions, Federal Judge Says

(November 8, 2022, 9:55 AM EST) -- CLEVELAND — An Ohio federal judge granted an insured’s motion to dismiss its insurer’s suit seeking a declaration that no coverage is owed for underlying bodily injury suits alleging that the insured’s manufacture of fire protective gear caused a diagnosis of various cancers because the application of the policies’ occupational disease exclusion and total pollution exclusion present novel issues of Ohio law that weigh against the federal court exercising jurisdiction....