Property Damage Insurance Dispute Sent to New York Federal Court

A Florida federal judge moved a property insurance row to New York federal court due to a forum selection clause in the insurance policy, handing a win to an RLI Corp. unit that issued the policy.

Transfer to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York was appropriate because the forum selection clause was valid and binding, Judge Beth Bloom of the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida said in an Oct. 25 ruling.

Go 770 Management LLC sued Mt. Hawley Insurance Co. in Florida state court in May after the insurer allegedly violated ...