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Insurance Litigation Coronavirus/COVID-19 Policy Terms

Houston Harbaugh, P.C.

Third Circuit Shuts Down Policyholder’s Requests for Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Related Business Losses

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Wilson et al v. USI Insurance Services, LLC, et al., - In Wilson et al v. USI Insurance Services, LLC et al., No. 20-3124 (3d Cir. Oct. 8, 2024) the Third Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing on COVID-19 related...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court finds no coverage for COVID-19 business interruption losses

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In a long-awaited decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in favor of the insurance companies in two appeals involving the availability of business interruption insurance coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19...more

Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules COVID Business Interruption Claims Aren't Covered by Commercial Property Policies

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In a long-awaited decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held that “direct physical loss” language in commercial property policies is not ambiguous and that COVID-related business-interruption claims do not trigger the...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

September 2024 Insurance Update

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In this month’s update, we discuss Russian-seized planes, Starbucks-caused traffic jams, a squabble over the use of a family name, a restaurant’s pandemic-based loss, a poorly built house, and whether insurance covers any of...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

COVID Decision of Interest

In a recent New York Court of Appeals opinion, the court found that business losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic were not covered under an “all-risk” commercial property insurance policy. In Consolidated Rest. Operations,...more

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English Court Decides COVID-19 is a “Catastrophe”

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The English Court has, for the first time, considered the meaning of a “catastrophe”, as well as how Hours Clauses work in the context of non-damage business interruption losses claimed under two Property Catastrophe Excess...more

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Insurance Class Action Quarterly Report - 2023 Q4

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The close of 2023 solidified trends in established class action theories and provided a glimpse of new theories to come. In the auto total loss valuation sphere, one that has seen a lot of action for many years,...more

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New Jersey Supreme Court rules that COVID-19 business interruption claims may be dismissed at the pleadings stage

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In a unanimous opinion issued yesterday, the New Jersey Supreme Court joined the majority of other courts to hold that business interruption losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic are not covered under the standard language...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Left Coast Appeals

This Week At The Ninth: Insurance Coverage for COVID and In-Person Informed Consent for Abortion

This week, the Court considers insurance coverage for business losses sustained as a result of COVID-19 and the constitutionality of Guam’s in-person informed consent requirement for abortion. THE OREGON CLINIC, PC V....more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Ninth Circuit Deals Another Blow to Restaurants in COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Case

On June 26, 2023, a panel of judges for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed an insurance company’s win over a restaurant group seeking insurance coverage for pandemic-related claims in Team 44...more

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Insurance Class Action Update - 2023 Q1

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This year began like the last one ended, with lots of activity. Total loss class actions kept going around the country, and labor depreciation class actions experienced ups and downs, depending on one’s viewpoint. New class...more

Lathrop GPM

Excuse the Interruption

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All eyes are on the New Jersey Supreme Court as we await oral arguments on the latest business interruption coverage dispute. In the lawsuit, an Atlantic City casino, Ocean Walk, seeks reimbursement for costs incurred during...more

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The Implications of Covid-19 on Insurance Coverage as it Relates to Business Interruption Claims and Force Majeure Clauses

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Perhaps since the very first executive order came out ordering businesses to close amid the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, attorneys have been holding their breath, waiting to see how Covid-19 would play out in terms...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

The California Supreme Court (and Court of Appeal) - July 15, 2022

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While not from the California Supreme Court, we are reporting on a decision from the California Court of Appeal because of its importance to myriad COVID-19 insurance coverage actions currently being litigated in California. ...more

Allen Matkins

Does COVID-19 Cause Direct Physical Loss or Damage To Property?

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I don't usually write about insurance coverage cases in part because I find policy language to be unabashedly fuliginous.  However, an opinion issued yesterday by the California Court of Appeal warrants some attention because...more

Lowndes

Are Economic Losses Caused by COVID Shutdowns Recoverable Under Commercial Property Insurance Policies

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As we have previously written, whether economic losses caused by COVID shutdowns can be recovered under commercial property insurance policies is a hotly-contested issue. (Past articles include, ‘Will Your Business...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Illinois Appellate Court Denies Business Interruption Insurance Claim Related to COVID-19

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In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses across the country filed claims for business interruption coverage with their insurance carriers, most, if not all of which, were denied. Indeed, by the end of June 2021,...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Ninth Circuit Rejects Insurance Coverage for COVID Losses

On March 16, 2022, the Ninth Circuit joined other appellate courts in finding that restaurants were not entitled to insurance coverage for losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns. A panel of judges issued an unpublished...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Fourth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Insurance Claim for Pandemic Related Business Losses

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In a published decision filed March 7, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Uncork and Create LLC v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Business Insurance Coverage in the Time of COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic has now been with us for almost two years. In that time, it has brought hardships and lost profits to many sectors of the business community, from hotels to restaurants to brick-and-mortar stores. As a...more

BCLP

Corbin & King: Denial of Access clause and Composite policy cover for COVID-19

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The Commercial Court has found in Corbin & King Ltd v Axa Insurance UK Plc (“Corbin & King”, available here) that a Non-Damage Denial of Access (“NDDA”) clause responds to COVID-19 business interruption losses.  Further, that...more

BCLP

Is COVID a Catastrophe?

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The Federal Court of Australia on 21 February 2022 handed down judgments in the appeals of a number of test cases in which one of the issues in contention was whether the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia was a “catastrophe”...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Insights for Insurers

Part Three: Reviewing Key U.S. Insurance Decisions, Trends, & Developments

COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Litigation - This is the third installment of our series of articles reviewing some of the key trends and developments currently impacting the U.S. insurance industry. The issuance...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Just Slammed the Door on Texas Businesses Seeking Insurance Coverage for Lost Revenue Due to...

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In a pair of opinions issued last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas businesses’ COVID-19 related income loss was not covered by standard business income and extra expense (“BI/EE”) endorsement in...more

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