A group of Allianz insurance units asked the Fifth Circuit to force a Texas federal court to transfer or dismiss litigation brought by the Boy Scouts of America sex abuse settlement trust.
A February decision from the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas that said its court was a suitable forum for the litigation may encourage venue-shopping by other litigants, Allianz said in a Tuesday filing.
Judge Karen Gren Scholer in February rejected the request to abstain from hearing the abuse trust’s suit or to move it to Illinois, where the youth organization sued nine years ...
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