La. Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of Rare Policyholder Victory in COVID Claim November 23, 2022 By Jim Sams The Louisiana Supreme Court has agreed to review an appellate court decision that found the COVID virus caused a direct...
Insurers Win Key Aspects of Stonegate COVID-19 Lockdown Case October 17, 2022 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley LONDON —Insurers have won key parts of a complex legal battle with British pubs group Stonegate, MS Amlin said after...
Vermont High Court: COVID Virus, Like Cat Urine, Can Cause Physical Loss September 27, 2022 By Jim Sams Citing decisions that found insurance coverage was owed for contamination caused by cat urine and gasoline vapors, the Vermont Supreme...
S.C. Joins 3 Other State Supreme Courts, Rules No Coverage for COVID-19 Shutdown August 11, 2022 By Jim Sams The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday became the fourth state high court in the nation to rule that the...
Unusual Policy Language Allows NY Botanical Garden’s COVID Claim to Proceed June 15, 2022 By Jim Sams A New York appellate court on Tuesday handed a rare policyholder win to the New York Botanical Garden for income...
Mass. Finds Virus Caused No Physical Loss, the 1st State High Court to Rule April 22, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, in the first state high court ruling on the question, has sided with an insurer...
N.Y. Appellate Court Upholds Denial of Coverage for Restaurant’s COVID-19 Claim April 11, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurer has been upheld in its denial of coverage in a first ruling on Covid-19 business interruption insurance by...
Ohio High Court Hears Lawsuit Over Company’s COVID Losses February 25, 2022 By Andrew Welsh-Huggins COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio business says its insurance company must compensate it for financial losses suffered during a...
6th Circuit Reverses Order That Found COVID Orders Caused Direct Physical Loss October 1, 2021 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court reversed a rare policyholder win in a COVID-19 related business-interruption claim, once again holding that government...
6th Circuit Joins 8th and 11th in Rejecting COVID-Related Business Interruption Claim September 24, 2021 By Jim Sams A third federal appellate court has ruled against a policyholder seeking business-interruption coverage for income lost because of the coronavirus...