Maryland Joins 10 State High Courts in Rejecting Coverage for COVID Losses December 19, 2022 By Jim Sams The Maryland Supreme Court joined high courts in 10 other states in ruling that coronavirus did not cause a direct...
Ohio Supreme Ct. Rules No Coverage Owed for COVID Business Shutdown December 13, 2022 By Jim Sams The Ohio Supreme Court ruled Monday that COVID-19 cannot cause any direct physical damage or loss that is covered by...
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...
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...
Iowa Issues 2nd State Supreme Court Ruling Finding No Coverage for COVID Income Loss April 25, 2022 By Jim Sams The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday ruled in two separate decisions that COVID-19 did not cause a physical loss or...
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...
Attorneys Say Win in N.C. COVID-19 Business-Interruption Suit May Signal Shift October 6, 2021 By William Rabb Since the pandemic began, most of the COVID-19-related business interruption disputes have not gone in favor of the policyholders, especially...
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...
Wisconsin’s Mink Farming Industry Now Seen at Risk of COVID February 8, 2021 By Kate Golden MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The first sign of trouble was that the mink stopped eating, said Hugh Hildebrandt, one of...