Nationwide Unit Ends Insurance Case Over Consumer Cannabis Suit

A Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. carrier is dropping its suit over coverage for a proposed class action alleging a Massachusetts cannabis company misrepresented its products.

Scottsdale Insurance Co. and the underlying class action plaintiffs filed a joint stipulation of dismissal Wednesday in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

• Scottsdale sued MariMed Inc. unit Mari Holdings IL LLC and the underlying plaintiffs in November 2025, seeking a ruling that the proposed class action didn’t fall within the coverage of the insurance policy issued to the cannabis company.
• The proposed class action alleged that Mari Holdings had misrepresented ...