Judge: Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Coverage Dispute Arising From Abuse Claims

( October 29, 2024, 12:47 PM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey federal judge on Oct. 28 granted the Diocese of Trenton’s motion to dismiss a general liability insurer’s declaratory judgment lawsuit challenging coverage for underlying abuse lawsuits, finding that the district court lacks subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate the insurer’s claims because the insurer “relies on a strictly hypothetical controversy that may never occur.”...