Businesses Filing More COVID Lawsuits and the Stakes are Higher April 8, 2021 By Jim Sams The anniversary of COVID-19 shutdown orders brought an upturn in both the number of business-interruption lawsuits against insurers and the...
Plaintiffs in Some States Defy Insurer Winning Streak in COVID Lawsuits February 10, 2021 By Jim Sams To anyone keeping score, it appears that insurers are crushing policyholders who sued for business income lost because of COVID-19...
Policyholders With Endorsements for Diseases Survive Motions to Dismiss COVID-19 Claims January 11, 2021 By Jim Sams While insurers continue to win four out of five cases in early rounds, in the past month two property owners...
The Key to Winning COVID Business-Interruption Claims: Say the Virus is Present November 23, 2020 By Jim Sams Policyholder attorneys pursuing COVID-19 business-interruption claims are hoping to persuade judges to accept a premise that many Americans appear to...