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Third Circuit Finds No Coverage For COVID-related Business Income Losses

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In a January 6, 2023 precedential decision, the Third Circuit ruled in a consolidated appeal of 14 cases that Pennsylvania and New Jersey businesses are not entitled to coverage for Covid-related business interruption losses,...more

Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP

Nuanced Aspects of Hurricane Claims: Civil Authority, Ordinance or Law, and Mobile Home Claims

The adjustment of hurricane claims sometimes involve discrete issues regarding either special coverages under insurance policies or different types of structures governed by a patchwork of federal and state laws....more

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New Jersey Appellate Division Rules Insurers Not Obligated to Cover Certain Business COVID-19 Related Losses

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A recent New Jersey Appellate Division ruling follows the general trend nationally in which courts are, by and large, rejecting insureds’ claims for coverage for business income losses due to government orders related to...more

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Louisiana Federal Court Latest to Find Pandemic-Related Losses Not to Trigger “Business Interruption Coverage” Under Commercial...

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In a win for Wiley’s client, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, applying Louisiana law, granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss with prejudice, finding that an insured hotel’s economic...more

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Second Circuit Holds No Coverage for COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses

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The Second Circuit has now joined the Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Circuits in holding that no insurance coverage exists for business interruption losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

New York Insurance Coverage Law Update - September 2021

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Court Dismisses Claims Against Insurer For Bad Faith Failure To Settle, And For Consequential And Punitive Damages- Scottsdale issued a policy to Watershed Ventures, LLC, which included Directors and Officers Liability...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Judge Rules That Business Owner in Pennsylvania Is Entitled To Insurance Coverage for COVID-19 Related Business Losses

Business owners with casualty insurance, business interruption insurance, civil authority insurance (coverage for when a governmental authority denies access to an insured property) or the like and who suffered financial loss...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

[Webinar] Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021 - COVID-19 Claims - April 22nd, 12:00 pm - 1:00...

Join us for Hinshaw's Webinar Series: Insurance Insights – What Insurers Need to Know in 2021. This series will feature insurance thought leaders from Hinshaw and RPC, presenting on the most pressing insurance claims topics...more

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Commercial Property Insurance Coverage for Texas Winter Freeze Losses

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For an incredible 10-day period in mid-February, Texas was battered by a brutal winter storm bringing snow, ice, and record-low temperatures. Millions of Texans were without power and water for days. These conditions forced...more

Bracewell LLP

Power Struggles: Maximizing Insurance Recoveries from Winter Storms

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Record-breaking winter weather in Texas has had devastating impacts across the state, and challenges still remain. Millions of homes and businesses were without power, water, internet and other services, leaving employees...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Insurance Coverage For Pandemic Losses Hard To Come By

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Back at the beginning of the pandemic, there was a flurry of articles that maybe, just maybe, insurance would cover losses at businesses closed by the pandemic. I was skeptical. Now, as more cases roll in, it looks as if that...more

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California Federal Court Offers Clear Pathway to Coverage for Coronavirus/COVID-19-Related Business Interruption and Civil...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 business interruption insurance coverage battles, insurers have labored to pour cold water on these claims—often hiring the biggest and wealthiest law firms in America to crush hair salons,...more

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Ohio Federal Court Rules Business Interruption Coverage Extends to Loss of Use of Property Due to State-Ordered Closures

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On January 19, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Eastern Division ruled in Henderson Road Restaurant Systems, Inc. dba Hyde Park Grille, et al. v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co., No. 1:20-cv-01239, that a...more

White and Williams LLP

The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter – December 2020

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With the COVID-19 pandemic and government stay-at-home orders came an unprecedented number of claims for business interruption coverage under first-party property policies—and the inevitable coverage litigation over those...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

COVID-19 Shutdowns, Related Litigation Put Pressure on Business Interruption Insurers

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Companies in the United States continue to file business interruption lawsuits against their insurers for claims arising from state and local government shutdown orders in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. At least 1,250...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Best in Law: Business Interruption Insurance and COVID-19

In March and April, as businesses were suddenly forced to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many business owners asked whether there was insurance coverage for the losses caused by the shutdown. Originally published in...more

Melito & Adolfsen

The Insurance Industry Anticipated a Pandemic from a virus like Covid-19 more than a decade ago.

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For businesses that were shut down by COVID-19 a common question is whether there is coverage for business interruption. In New York, the answer is no. This should be the answer nationwide. Coverage for business interruption...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights, Issue 21 - August 2020

This 21st edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, pairs defense victories with new claims. Lenders obtained the dismissal of a lawsuit claiming agent fees under the PPP program, and...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

COVID-19: Developments in Class Action Litigation Surrounding Business Interruption Insurance Coverage

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Currently, one of the most prominent areas for class action litigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic is disputes about whether commercial insurance policies cover business interruption losses.  Hundreds of businesses have...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented: Litigation Insights - Issue 20, August 2020

This 20th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, finds both plaintiffs and defendants with reasons to celebrate. Insurance carriers avoided consolidation of coverage disputes in...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Trends - Issue 16, 2020

This 16th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, discusses claims ranging from insurance coverage disputes to prisoners’ rights. The top story this week, however, is undoubtedly a Michigan...more

Jones Day

Proposed California Legislation Would Create Important Rebuttable Presumptions Supporting COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage

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As the latest in a series of similar bills introduced by the legislatures of various states, California Assembly Bill 1552 would create important rebuttable presumptions affecting the burden of proof and supporting coverage...more

JAMS

[PODCAST] Resolving Business Interruption Disputes Caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

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Business interruption is on the minds of many, especially now as the COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented legal and business challenges. In this new podcast from JAMS, two well-respected neutrals with extensive...more

Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP

Business Interruption Insurance Coverage: A Guide for Restaurants

Restaurants whose operations have been shut down due to the coronavirus crisis are looking to their business interruption or business income insurance policies for relief, and have found resistance from insurance companies...more

Burr & Forman

White Paper: Commercial Property Insurance Claims in Response to COVID-19

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Nearly every business and not-for-profit in the country has been impacted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Demand for goods and services has dropped precipitously due to stay-at-home orders, public health recommendations,...more

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