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[Webinar] Business income claims & the LA wildfires - May 1st, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

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Kennedys partners Jared Greisman, Aaron Konstam, Louis Kozloff and Colin Willmott will be presenting a webinar on understanding business income claims on May 1, 2025. The webinar will survey key contours of business income...more

Cozen O'Connor

COVID-19 Business Interruption Claims: First California Court of Appeal Decision Holds That Closure Orders Are Not “Direct...

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California has been a hotbed of litigation regarding COVID-19 business interruption claims.  The vast majority of the trial courts have held in favor of insurers and against businesses.  Now, the California Court of Appeal...more

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Ninth Circuit Holds COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses Require Direct Physical Damage To The Property

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In March 2020, Mudpie Inc.—a San Francisco children’s store—ceased operations when California Governor Gavin Newsom ordered all “non-essential” businesses to close due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the shut-down,...more

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Insurer Wins First Jury Trial on Coverage for COVID-19 Business Interruption Losses

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An insurer has won the first jury trial on coverage for Covid-19 business interruption losses after a federal jury in the Western District of Missouri issued a verdict in favor of The Cincinnati Insurance Company in K.C....more

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Loss of Business Income Due to the Governmental “Stay at Home” Orders Issued in Response to COVID-19 Was Not a Covered Loss

In Mudpie Inc. v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America (No. 20-16858, filed October 1, 2021 ord. certified for publication October 4, 2021.), Mudpie Inc., a retailer of children’s products in San Francisco, filed a...more

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Eleventh Circuit Becomes Second Federal Appellate Court To Hold No Coverage For COVID-19 Business Losses

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In the second federal appellate ruling on Covid-19 business losses, the Eleventh Circuit has joined the Eighth Circuit in holding that they do not trigger coverage because they do not involve “physical loss” or “physical...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Policyholders See New Developments in COVID-19 Case Law

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Insurers across the nation continue to file motions to dismiss COVID-19 cases brought by policyholders on three primary grounds: 1. there is no” physical loss or damage” to the covered property, 2. there is no “prohibition...more

Carlton Fields

Eleventh Circuit Finds No “Direct Physical Loss” to Dust-Covered Restaurant that Merely Required Cleaning

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, so does the deluge of litigation stemming from property insurers’ denials of COVID-19 business interruption claims. Much of the debate between carriers and policyholders concerns whether...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Understanding Business Interruption Insurance and Wide-Impact Catastrophes

In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, policyholders can expect insurers to put forward strong objections to some of the most consequential claims asserted by insureds. - Takeaways - In construing policy language...more

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