The wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the parents of the late Michael J. Gatto against the city of Statesboro is moving forward in the discovery phase after Bulloch County State Court Judge Gary Mikell recently denied a delay sought by the city and its insurer. Atlantic Specialty Insurance Company filed a separate action Jan. 24 in federal court seeking to be declared free of any responsibility in the case. Atlantic's attorneys then filed to intervene in the Bulloch County suit and asked Mikell to put the local case on hold awaiting the outcome of the federal declaratory judgement action.