The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct physical loss that was covered by insurance. The Louisiana high court announced Tuesday that it will take up an appeal …
Insurers have won key parts of a complex legal battle with British pubs group Stonegate, MS Amlin said after Monday’s judgment on the 1 billion pound ($1.13 billion) lawsuit against three top insurers over losses related to coronavirus. Insurers have …
A North Carolina appellate court has overturned a rare win by businesses seeking to compel insurance coverage for their COVID-19 shutdown losses. In North State Deli et al vs. The Cincinnati Insurance Co., a three-judge panel of the state Court …
The attorney who filed the first U.S. lawsuit seeking insurance coverage for a business shut down because of coronavirus won the first policyholder victory in a state or federal appellate court that interpreted the meaning of “direct physical loss or …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied a lawsuit from an Oklahoma Goodwill branch seeking coverage for COVID-19 business income loss. Goodwill Industries of Oklahoma had sought to appeal its lawsuit against Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. to the Supreme Court …
An insurer has been upheld in its denial of coverage in a first ruling on Covid-19 business interruption insurance by a New York appellate court. The appeals court upheld a New York county court—and said it agreed with various other …
An Ohio business says its insurance company must compensate it for financial losses suffered during a pandemic-related shutdown. The insurance company refused to pay, saying its policy didn’t cover such losses. The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments from both sides …
The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 5 affirmed the dismissal of another lawsuit seeking coverage for COVID-19 business-interruption losses, this one filed jointly by 16 private pre-schools in Ohio. It was the third ruling by the 6th Circuit …
Since the pandemic began, most of the COVID-19-related business interruption disputes have not gone in favor of the policyholders, especially in federal court. More than 90% of motions to dismiss in federal lawsuits, in fact, have been upheld in cases …
