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17 August 2026

Progressive battles truck crash claim, says tractor-trailer wasn’t covered

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Progressive battles truck crash claim, says tractor-trailer wasn’t covered

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.

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