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Business Interruption Claims Continue to Erupt Across the Legal Scene

As the second quarter of 2021 continues, one thing is clear: COVID-19 business interruption claims are here to stay for the foreseeable future. Some legislators have proposed bills that would force insurers to cover certain...more

COVID-Related Insurance Claims Remain a Focal Point as the New Year Begins

At the start of 2021, one thing is clear: COVID-19 will continue to play a major part in insurance coverage litigation trends in the new year. Until now, the main focus has been on claims for lost business income due to...more

Novel Coronavirus Prompts Coverage Litigation for Both Business Interruption and Canceled Events

COVID-19 has forced ski slopes to cease operation, compelled people to cancel trips of all kinds, and closed many summer camps. Attempts by insureds to obtain refunds or otherwise recoup the money they paid in connection with...more

Brokerage Agency Triumphs in Dismissal From Suit Over COVID-19 Losses

Last week, a Texas federal judge decided Vandelay Hospitality Group v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, et al, No. 3:20-cv-01348 (N.D. Tex. 2020), granting an insurance brokerage agency’s motion to dismiss in a business...more

Consolidation of Pennsylvania Business Interruption Suits Has Opposition, Even From Insureds

Business interruption suits against an insurer filed in Allegheny, Philadelphia and Lancaster Counties in Pennsylvania, will be coordinated and will proceed before Judge Ward of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. The...more

Insurers Score a Win in First Substantive COVID-19 Business Interruption Decision

Since the side effects of COVID-19 have set in, insurance companies have seen over 500 lawsuits filed, claiming that business interruption coverage applies to losses caused by COVID-19 related restrictions. These suits...more

Remand Order Underscores Federal Courts’ Reluctance to Enter COVID-19 Business Interruption Fray

On May 19, a federal judge in the Western District of Pennsylvania remanded a suit brought by a Pittsburgh restaurant seeking business interruption insurance coverage. The underlying suit, DiAnoia’s Eatery LLC v. Motorists...more

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rejects Emergent Application to Consolidate COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

On May 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rejected a request by a group of Pennsylvania attorneys that the Court use its King’s Bench power in connection with a case seeking a determination of whether an insurer owed...more

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