Chubb’s Opioid Coverage Suit Against Grocer Paused in Virginia

A federal judge in Virginia granted a supermarket chain’s request to pause an insurance coverage suit brought by Chubb Ltd. units to allow an Indiana state court to resolve the dispute in a parallel action.

Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon of the US District Court for the Western District of Virginia granted Food City Supermarket LLC and K-VA-T Food Stores Inc.'s motion to stay in a Tuesday hearing. The judge denied the grocer’s motion to dismiss the case.

Two Chubb units, Federal Insurance Co. and ACE American Insurance Co., sued the regional grocer in October 2024, arguing their general liability policies ...