Law 360

DECEMBER 14, 2022

A California state judge put an end to Metallica's suit seeking insurance coverage for shows canceled during the COVID-19 pandemic, citing its policy's communicable disease exclusion.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Paramount and a Berkley unit reached a settlement resolving their COVID-19 coverage dispute, which centered on production costs and mitigation expenses resulting from the pandemic's impact on the media conglomerate's television shows and live events.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 6, 2022

Smokes Texas BBQ Joint’s COVID Coverage Claims”: Lauren Berg of Law360 has this report (subscription required for access) on a ruling that the U.S. “5th Circ. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday in a case in which Terry Black’s Barbecue was the plaintiff-appellant.

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Law 360

AUGUST 15, 2022

Live Nation urged a California federal judge Monday to stick with his prior order denying Factory Mutual's bid to trim the concert promoter's COVID-19 coverage suit, arguing that neither of the policies in two recent appellate decisions the insurer cited covered communicable diseases, unlike its own $1 million policy.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

A Fourth Circuit panel grappled Wednesday with whether reversing a lower court's certification of a class of businesses seeking COVID-19 coverage from State Farm would be a waste of time, given how other federal appellate courts have ruled in such cases.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The Missouri federal jury handling the first jury trial in a COVID-19 business interruption coverage lawsuit found for Cincinnati Insurance on Thursday, deciding that the insurer didn't breach a property policy issued to a Kansas City restaurant and bar operator by denying a claim for pandemic-related losses.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

million in COVID-19 coverage under its all-risk policy with Factory Mutual Insurance Co. The Seventh Circuit seemed hesitant on Tuesday to accept an Indiana auto systems manufacturer's argument that a district court improperly tossed its bid for $5.3

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HowAppealing

JULY 17, 2023

Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Arguments in Two Diverging COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases; According to the orders granting allocatur, the justices will hear arguments simultaneously in the two cases, in which the Pennsylvania Superior Court reached opposite conclusions regarding coverage” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Law 360

APRIL 13, 2023

The Fifth Circuit rejected a COVID-19 coverage appeal from a group of dental practices, finding that a recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision prevents coverage.

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The Hollywood Lawyer

APRIL 20, 2021

The post Music Mondays – Broadway Hit by Insurance Companies Denying Coverage for COVID Shutdown appeared first on THE HOLLYWOOD LAWYER. One prominent example was the producers behind Tine and Harry Potter; both paid their premiums to cover this risk of cancellation of performances.

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Law 360

MAY 6, 2022

The owners of three Snap Fitness locations have lost their bid for insurance coverage from an RLI Corp. unit for losses they suffered during the pandemic when an Illinois federal judge ruled that COVID-19 droplets on surfaces didn't trigger insurance coverage.

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Law 360

AUGUST 31, 2021

A Maryland federal judge on Tuesday handed a win to a Rhode Island-based insurance company in a dispute over COVID-19 coverage, ruling that a sports and entertainment real estate developer had not suffered "direct physical loss or damage" to its properties during the pandemic.

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Law 360

JANUARY 7, 2022

A New York state judge had little patience Friday during oral arguments for a Florida casino's COVID-19 coverage suit, dismissing it after telling the casino's lawyer that the suit shouldn't have been brought in the first place.

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Law 360

MARCH 11, 2022

Handbag giant Vera Bradley and the San Francisco 49ers have recently filed COVID-19 coverage suits against their insurers, even as judges were dismissing claims from a Florida property management company and a New Orleans retailer.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 28, 2022

The Ninth Circuit summarized the case as one involving “an insured who sued for breach of contract, bad faith, and fraud when its insurer denied coverage for business income losses that the insured incurred following government closure orders issued during the COVID-19 pandemic.” Vigilant Insurance Company.

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Law 360

MAY 5, 2022

and other insurers by businesses seeking coverage for COVID-19 losses, saying the virus didn't cause physical damage as required by the policies. The Eleventh Circuit on Thursday mostly upheld the dismissal of lawsuits lodged against certain underwriters from Lloyd's of London, Aspen Specialty Insurance Co.

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Law 360

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A Pennsylvania federal judge on Friday threw out a dental office's lawsuit seeking business interruption coverage from Sentinel Insurance Co. for losses it suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic, rejecting the dentist's argument that the virus stuck to property like a Post-It note and thereby caused damage.

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Law 360

MAY 3, 2022

The Seventh Circuit affirmed a lower court's decision to toss a suit from childcare centers in Illinois and Michigan seeking insurance coverage for claims related to closures caused by COVID-19, ruling Tuesday that they did not allege "direct physical loss of or damage to" property, as required under their policies.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 5, 2024

“California Supreme Court considers whether insurers must cover COVID business closures”: Bob Egelko of The San Francisco Chronicle has this report. ” The post “California Supreme Court considers whether insurers must cover COVID business closures” appeared first on How Appealing. And Joyce E.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

A Missouri federal judge tossed a college's proposed class action seeking COVID-19 related coverage from its $100 million policy with Zurich American Insurance Co., ruling Monday that the school's decision to switch to virtual classes doesn't constitute a "direct physical loss of" its property.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

and a gynecologist's office notified a Florida federal judge Wednesday that they have reached a deal resolving claims that the insurer wrongfully denied coverage of losses stemming from the COVID-19 shutdown, roughly a year after the judge denied Sentinel's bid to toss the suit.

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JUNE 18, 2021

A Portland restaurant can't tap into coverage for losses during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Cincinnati Insurance Co. argued, saying a proposed federal class suit can't connect government shutdown orders to the alteration of property causing "direct physical loss or damage."

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Law 360

AUGUST 12, 2021

A federal judge handed the Los Angeles Lakers a defeat Wednesday when he dismissed their COVID-19 coverage suit against insurer Chubb, finding the team couldn't claim the virus caused physical damage to its arena.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

An airport concession stand company has lost its legal battle over the denial of insurance coverage for COVID-19 pandemic losses, with a New Jersey federal judge ruling Thursday that its claim was barred by the policy's contamination exclusion.

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Law 360

JUNE 30, 2021

A Miami oyster bar lost its bid for COVID-19 coverage after a federal judge in Florida concluded Tuesday that the possible presence of the novel coronavirus didn't amount to "direct physical loss or damage."

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Law 360

JUNE 17, 2021

A Pennsylvania federal judge tossed a tavern's proposed class action against an insurer seeking coverage for pandemic-related losses, saying the complaint doesn't allege how COVID-19 or government closure orders caused any physical harm on its property.

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Law 360

MAY 4, 2021

on Tuesday secured another court victory for insurers in a wave of suits over denials of business interruption coverage claims arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, as a Florida federal judge found that a restaurant's inability to sufficiently allege physical property damage doomed its claims. unit Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Co.

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Law 360

JANUARY 19, 2024

A Liberty Mutual unit asked a Washington state judge to alter his ruling of this month that the University of Washington established a plausible claim to recover losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that the decision ignores key differences among the university's policies.

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Law 360

JULY 12, 2021

A North Carolina federal judge rejected Novant Health's attempt to move its COVID-19 insurance coverage suit against a Zurich unit back to state court.

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Mondaq

JULY 8, 2022

Since June 2022, policyholders have grown cautiously optimistic as two state appellate courts have ruled in favor of policyholders seeking coverage for business interruption loss stemming from COVID-19.

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Law 360

JANUARY 5, 2024

The University of Washington has made a plausible claim for coverage against the loss of functionality in a lawsuit seeking coverage from a Liberty Mutual insurer for hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related losses and expenses, a state court judge said Wednesday in denying the insurer's bid to have the case tossed.

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Law 360

JULY 30, 2021

A policyholder trade group has backed an Ohio audiology practice in a COVID-19 coverage suit before the state's Supreme Court, arguing the practice's inability to use its property due to an unsafe physical condition outside its control "is the exact type" of physical loss and damage that its policy covers.

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Law 360

APRIL 29, 2021

unit told a California federal judge Thursday that the Los Angeles Lakers overshot with their suit seeking COVID-19 business interruption coverage, arguing that the NBA team failed to allege any physical loss or damage that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic. A Chubb Ltd.

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Law 360

JULY 8, 2021

In-N-Out has lost its bid for COVID-19 coverage after a California federal judge found the burger chain failed to show how the virus or stay-at-home orders physically damaged its restaurants.

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Mondaq

MARCH 28, 2022

Late last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled there was no coverage for the policyholder's COVID-19-related business interruption loss under the coverage.

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Mondaq

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and Treasury issued FAQs Part 51, which expands coverage of COVID-19 diagnostics tests by plans. On January 10, 2022, the U.S.

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Law 360

MAY 5, 2023

Qdoba appealed its COVID-19 business interruption loss against Zurich American Insurance Co. to the Tenth Circuit and promptly urged the court to pause the case ahead of a potential shift in California law on pandemic-related insurance issues.

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