Best Read COVID-19 Headlines
Headlines from our COVID-19 Topic Page with the most time spent reading.
#1 New Jersey Supreme Court Weighs COVID-Related insurance Claims by Casino
Sep 29 2023 // New Jersey`s Supreme Court is expected to consider whether an Atlantic City casino can get payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, potentially providing guidance for...
#2 NC Bars’ Lawsuit Seeking Damages from State Over COVID Closures Can Continue
Sep 8 2023 // RALEIGH. N.C. (AP) — Portions of a lawsuit filed by several North Carolina bars and their operators seeking financial damages from the state over COVID-19 restrictions that shuttered doors and curtailed business can...
#3 Florida Settles Lawsuit, Must Provide Denied COVID Data on Deaths, Vaccines
Oct 11 2023 // TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida will have to provide COVID-19 data to the public again after a former Democratic state representative settled a lawsuit with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis` administration over the...
#4 New York Court Upholds Nursing Home COVID-19 Immunity
Dec 4 2023 // A New York state appellate court has ruled that an April 2021 state law repealing a March 2020 grant of immunity to nursing homes over their handling of COVID-19 patients is not retroactive. The ruling means a nursing...
#5 NC Governor’s Pandemic Rules for Bar Closures Were ‘Illogical’ Court Says
Apr 18 2024 // RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper’s orders during the COVID-19 pandemic that directed standalone bars to remain shuttered for safety while restaurants that serve alcohol got to reopen were...
#6 Appeals Court Dismisses 14 COVID Business Insurance Claims Against Travelers
Aug 31 2023 // The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has dismissed lawsuits by 14 businesses seeking insurance coverage from Travelers Insurance for business losses stemming from COVID-19 and the related government shutdown orders. The...
#7 Why Did It Take a Pandemic to Drive Electronic Placement in the London Market?
Jul 5 2023 // Electronic placing in the London market was a long time coming, with many obstacles to overcome – It took the pandemic to prove electronic placement is a benefit not a threat and, now it’s here to stay, we’re...
#8 WCRI: 6% of COVID Claimants Treated for Long COVID
Oct 6 2023 // A national study by the Workers’ Compensation Research Institute found that 6% of workers who filed claims for COVID-19 suffered long COVID, meaning they sought additional treatment more than a month after the...
#9 Texas Attorney General Sues Pfizer Over COVID-19 Vaccine Efficacy
Dec 1 2023 // Pfizer has been sued by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who on Thursday accused the drugmaker of misrepresenting the efficacy of its widely-used COVID-19 vaccine. In a complaint filed in a Lubbock County state court,...
#10 Australia Court Rules Carnival Negligent Over Cruise’s COVID Risks in Landmark Ruling
Oct 26 2023 // A cruise operator that failed to cancel a voyage from Sydney that led to a major COVID-19 outbreak was ruled negligent in its duty of care to passengers in an Australian class-action case Wednesday. The Ruby Princess ocean...
#11 D.C.’s Pro Sports Teams Owner Scores Partial Win in COVID-19 Insurance Skirmish
Apr 5 2024 // The company that owns several District of Columbia professional sports teams and a major sports arena has settled its lawsuit against its insurance company over losses related to the shutdown caused by COVID-19. It was...
#12 AstraZeneca Faces 2 London Lawsuits Over COVID-19 Vaccines
Aug 24 2023 // AstraZeneca is facing two London lawsuits, including one from the husband of a woman who died after receiving the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker’s COVID-19 vaccine, in the first of potentially dozens of cases brought in...
#13 Massachusetts Appeals Court Upholds Restaurants’ COVID-19 Insurance Denial
May 21 2024 // In a ruling against an upscale restaurant chain, a Massachusetts Appeals Court has followed the recipe the state’s high court set forth in 2022 in ruling that the COVID-19 virus does not trigger business interruption...
#14 Texas Health System Loses COVID-19 Business Interruption Suit – 5th Circuit
Jun 28 2024 // A Texas nonprofit health system who purchased a specialized commercial property insurance policy is not covered for business interruption losses caused by COVID-19, a 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled, relying on...
#15 Louisiana Debates Civil Liability Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
Mar 25 2024 // BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Three years after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available in the United States, Louisiana continues to debate policies related to inoculation mandates, including civil labilities if a work place...
#16 How 9 Men Stole 45 Cars Over 6 Months During COVID, Then Got Caught
Mar 13 2024 // New York Attorney General Letitia James has announced the guilty pleas and sentencing of nine members of a Bronx car theft ring for their roles in the theft of 45 vehicles during a six-month period from April to October...
#17 New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Against Casino in COVID Business Interruption Case
Jan 26 2024 // New Jersey’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an Atlantic City casino is not entitled to payouts from business interruption insurance for losses during the COVID-19 outbreak, determining that the presence of the...
#18 California Supreme Court Resolves Question on Coverage for COVID Business Shutdowns
May 31 2024 // The California Supreme Court has resolved a question about insurance coverage for COVID-19 business shutdowns in the issue of a virus exclusion in a ruling that is consistent with the vast majority of courts nationwide:...
#19 17 Florida Sheriff’s Deputies Charged with Stealing $500,000 in Pandemic Relief Funds
Oct 17 2023 // FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Seventeen Florida sheriff`s deputies appeared in court on charges that they stole about half a million dollars in pandemic relief funds. The Broward County deputies, who are charged...
#20 COVID-19 Can Be Occupational Disease, Colorado Court Says in Worker Death Case
May 16 2024 // For the first time, a Colorado appellate court has concluded that COVID-19 can be an occupational disease that is compensable under the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act. The Colorado Court of Appeals ruling...
