( June 18, 2024, 8:13 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A commercial lines insurer reiterates in a reply brief filed in New York federal court that an interlocutory appeal of a New York federal judge’s ruling to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals is warranted because the issue of whether a communicable disease exclusion bars coverage for three underlying lawsuits alleging that residents of the insured properties contracted Legionnaires’ disease presents a controlling question of law and an immediate appeal could result in the dismissal of all the claims....