Progressive Express Insurance Co. has filed a federal lawsuit in Houston seeking a declaration that it owes no coverage for claims arising from a 2023 highway crash involving a tractor-trailer operated by Florida-based MMT Carriers.
The complaint, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, asks a judge to determine that Progressive has no duty to defend or indemnify MMT Carriers or driver Rolando Rodriguez-Nunez in an underlying personal injury lawsuit stemming from a Sept. 15, 2023, crash on U.S. Highway 290 in Harris County.
According to court filings, Rodriguez-Nunez was operating a tractor-trailer westbound on U.S. 290 at about 7:48 a.m. when he approached a crash in the roadway and swerved to avoid it…