Judge Dismisses Hundreds of Washington State Business Interruption Claims June 3, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed lawsuits filed by hundreds of Washington state businesses seeking insurance coverage for revenues...
8th Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Insurance Executive’s Whistleblower Suit May 3, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit filed by an insurance executive who was fired after...
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...
Judge Rules in Favor of 3 Policyholders With COVID-19 Claims in Consolidated Case February 24, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal judge denied Society Insurance’s motions to dismiss three “bellwether” lawsuits filed by hospitality businesses that were denied coverage...
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...
Judge Blocks Twitter’s Bid to Reveal Govt Surveillance Requests April 20, 2020 By Kanishka Singh Twitter Inc will not be able to reveal surveillance requests it received from the U.S. government after a federal judge...
Carrier Can Deny Widow’s Claim Because Heart Disease Contributed to Crash Victim’s Death February 26, 2020 By Jim Sams Zurich American Insurance Co. concluded that heart disease killed Joseph Arruda, not the spine fracture he suffered after his vehicle...
Lloyd’s May Proceed With Defect Claim Against Manufacturer for Oil Rig Blowout February 25, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court revived products liability claims filed by an offshore oil rig operator and its insurer against the...
Self-Insured Retention on Policy Allows Insurer to Deny Contractor’s Claim April 26, 2017 By Denise Johnson A general contractor was unsuccessful in its bid to gain coverage as an additional insured, due to a self-insured retention...
No Homeowner Liability Coverage for an Insured’s ‘Negligent’ Assault, Even if Insured Was Intoxicated January 3, 2017 By Richard Wolf Nicholas Fiocchi sued Ronald Zatyco for assaulting him after a verbal argument between them at a bar earlier the same...