Cooper

UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL

on

MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION

IN RE: GENERALT COVID-19 TRAVEL

INSURANCE LITIGATION MDL No. 2968

TRANSFER ORDER

Before the Panel:* Plaintiffs in a Northern District of California action (Cooper) move under Panel Rule 7.1 to vacate the order conditionally transferring their action, which is listed on Schedule A, to MDL No. 2804. Defendants Generali Global Assistance, Inc., and Generali U.S. Branch (collectively, Generali) oppose the motion. After considering the arguments of counsel, we find this action involves common questions of fact with the actions previously transferred to MDL No. 2968, and that transfer under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 will serve the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of the litigation. Moreover, transfer is warranted for the reasons set forth in our order directing centralization. In that order, we held that the Southern District of New York was an appropriate Section 1407 forum for actions sharing “factual issues arising from Generali travel insurance coverage” that consumers typically purchased alongside rental housing on vacation rental…