A Lackawanna County judge has ruled he cannot determine an insurance company’s scope of duty to indemnify a foster care placement service it insures until underlying tort actions against the foster care service have been completed.

In striking a certificate of readiness a group of four plaintiffs filed in C.S. v. Colony Insurance Co. for declaratory judgment actions, Common Pleas Court Judge Terrence R. Nealon held it would be “inappropriate” to make a finding on the issue “based on hypothetical scenarios.”

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