Another COVID-19 Business-Interruption Question Goes to Calif. Supreme Court February 7, 2023 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court is again asking the California Supreme Court to resolve a question about insurance coverage for COVID-19...
Pa. Court Splits on Whether Coverage Owed for COVID Shutdown December 1, 2022 By Jim Sams A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Wednesday that a dental practice was entitled to coverage for income lost because of the...
Viewpoint: La. and N.Y. Appellate Courts First to Find Physical Loss from COVID-19 Shutdowns August 4, 2022 By James T. Busenlener There is a hole in the dam. Prior to June 14, every one of the 77 federal and 44 state...
Conn. Judge Rules No Coverage Owed for Wholesaler’s $100M in COVID Losses June 24, 2021 By Jim Sams A Connecticut judge ruled that The Hartford did not owe coverage to designer footwear wholesaler Marc Fisher for more than...
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...
Policyholders Digging for ISO Documents to Support COVID-19 BI Claims June 1, 2021 By Jim Sams Plaintiff’s attorneys are looking deep into the weeds for evidence to support claims for business income lost because of COVID-19...
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...
COVID-19 Rulings – Mostly Insurer Wins – Moving to Appellate Courts January 4, 2021 By Jim Sams A wave of litigation over business-interruption losses caused by COVID-19 shutdown orders has started splashing into the appellate courts. Appeals...
Viewpoint: Key Property Loss Provisions Attorneys Keep Forgetting December 16, 2020 By Chris Boggs Are you tired of talking about COVID? I am. Are you as tired of the COVID business income coverage debates?...