Insurer Faces Sept. 14 Deadline to Seek Dismissal of Philadelphia Flyers’ Claims
Defendant Factory Mutual Insurance should file a motion to dismiss plaintiff Comcast Spectacor’s complaint, “together with a supporting brief,” by Sept. 14, said an order signed Thursday (docket 2:23-cv-02476) by U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle for Eastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.…
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Spectacor won’t be required to file any opposing brief until further order of the court, but it faces the same Sept. 14 deadline to stay the action, said the order. Philadelphia Flyers owner Spectacor alleges Factory Mutual refuses to honor the terms of the property insurance policy the Flyers bought to protect against the type of “catastrophic loss” the team incurred when its games were canceled or curtailed at the Wells Fargo Center in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (see 2306290001).