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Read guidance, analysis, and updates on the myriad issues arising from the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Updated hourly every day, the insights published here are written by leading lawyers and law firms helping to make sense of insurance, employment, tax, securities, M&A, risk management, and every other consideration touched by this crisis. Follow the channel for a daily email brief of the latest and best updates. less -
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Colorado Court of Appeals Permits COVID-19 Coverage Suit to Proceed Based on Health Care Endorsement Coverage

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The Colorado Court of Appeals (Division VI), applying Colorado law, partially affirmed a trial court decision dismissing an action seeking insurance coverage for COVID‑19 related losses. Spectrum Retirement Communities, LLC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

John’s Grill, Inc. v. Hartford Financial Services, Group, Inc.: Illusory Coverage, Unambiguous Policy Language, and the...

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In its latest Covid-era coverage case, John’s Grill, Inc. v. Hartford Financial Services, Group, Inc., the California Supreme Court held that an insured cannot use the “illusory coverage doctrine to transform the policy’s...more

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New York Court of Appeals Rules in Favor of Insurers on COVID Coverage

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Our February 2023 post “The Commercial Division Rejects Yet Another Insured’s Claim for Coverage for Covid-Related Revenues Losses” left readers wondering whether the New York Court of Appeals would uphold the First...more

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English Court Decides COVID-19 is a “Catastrophe”

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The English Court has, for the first time, considered the meaning of a “catastrophe”, as well as how Hours Clauses work in the context of non-damage business interruption losses claimed under two Property Catastrophe Excess...more

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The Commercial Division Rejects Yet Another Insured’s Claim for Coverage for Covid-Related Revenues Losses

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Does the business harm caused by COVID-19 qualify as “direct physical loss” for insurance purposes? In Spirit Airlines, Inc. v. American Home Assurance Company, Index No. 655755/2021, Commercial Division Justice Robert R....more

White and Williams LLP

Top Developments – November 2022

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SPOTLIGHT: Third Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms No Coverage for Sex Trafficking Claims - In Nautilus Insurance Co. v. Motel Management Services Inc., the Court of Appeals granted a motion for judgment on the pleadings...more

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You Can’t Get What You Don’t Ask For

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You Can’t Get What You Don’t Ask For: U.S. Fifth Circuit Declines to Impose “Heightened Duty” on Insurance Agents and Brokers to Procure Coverage Not Specifically Requested by their Customers...more

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California Appellate Court Rules for Policyholders on COVID Coverage Appeal

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On July 13, 2022, the California Second District Court of Appeal issued a published decision reversing a trial court’s dismissal of a policyholder’s COVID-19 coverage claim. In Marina Pacific Hotel & Suites, LLC v. Fireman’s...more

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The Louisiana Court of Appeal Gets It Right on COVID Coverage

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This week the Louisiana Court of Appeal found coverage for coronavirus and COVID-19 claims by reading the actual insurance policy language and relying on long-established precedent governing the interpretation of insurance...more

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Massachusetts High Court Finds COVID-19 Income Loss Excluded From “All-Risk” Business Insurance Policies

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On April 21, 2022, in the case of Verveine Corp. v. Strathmore Insurance Company (No. SJC-13172), the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), the highest court in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, determined that various losses...more

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Fourth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of Insurance Claim for Pandemic Related Business Losses

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In a published decision filed March 7, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Uncork and Create LLC v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West...more

Butler Snow LLP

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Just Slammed the Door on Texas Businesses Seeking Insurance Coverage for Lost Revenue Due to...

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In a pair of opinions issued last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals held that Texas businesses’ COVID-19 related income loss was not covered by standard business income and extra expense (“BI/EE”) endorsement in...more

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The Complex Insurance Coverage Reporter – 2021 Year In Review

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Welcome to CICR’s annual recap of insurance cases you should know about — and others in the pipeline to watch. You can read about our selections for “Cases to Know” and “Cases to Watch” below. In the last year, we saw...more

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Ninth Circuit COVID Coverage Ruling Misapplies Burden Of Proof

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In a series of recent rulings, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit continued a federal appellate trend by affirming the dismissal of three COVID-19 insurance coverage cases. In Mudpie Inc. v. Travelers...more

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The Eleventh Circuit hands A COVID-19 coverage win to the insurer

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Courts universally favor insureds in coverage disputes with insurance companies. After all, insurance companies are big, they hire lawyers and they write the policies that control coverage....more

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8th Circuit denies COVID-related business income claim in first federal appellate ruling

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In a relatively concise ruling, the 8th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals issued the first U.S. Appellate Court decision on insurance coverage for COVID-19 related claims. The 8th Circuit ruling affirmed that the insurance policy...more

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Supreme Court Favours Policyholders In COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims

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On 15 January 2021, judgment was handed down in the leapfrog appeal heard by the Supreme Court in the test case brought by the Financial Conduct Authority in relation to the responsiveness of business interruption insurance...more

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Supreme Court hands down its judgment in the COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Test Case

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The UK Supreme Court in the Test Case on Business Interruption Insurance brought by the FCA on behalf of policyholders has decided that the FCA’s appeal (on behalf of policyholders) should be substantially allowed, with...more

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What to expect from the FCA Test Case appeal to the Supreme Court

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On 16 November all eyes will turn to the Supreme Court as a 4-day hearing commences to determine the appeals of the FCA, the Hiscox Action Group, and six of the original eight insurers who were party to the FCA’s Test Case. ...more

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Blog: FCA – business interruption insurance test case – appeal

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Following the judgment, handed down on 15 September, it has been confirmed that there will be a hearing on 2 October at which the court will hear any applications for permission to appeal....more

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