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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
In Theraplant LLC v. National Fire & Marine Insurance Co., the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut denied the insured cannabis cultivator’s claim for business interruption coverage because the insured failed...more
We kick off the year with a quartet of state supreme court decisions and an intermediate appellate court ruling that has insurers breathing a harmonious sigh of relief. Policyholders and insurers often disagree over what the...more
The recent fires in Los Angeles have left many businesses grappling with significant disruptions. For business owners, navigating the aftermath of such a catastrophe often includes understanding how their insurance policies,...more
On December 13, 2024, the Supreme Court of North Carolina broke with the nationwide trend, holding that, absent a virus exclusion, commercial property insurance policies cover losses covered by the shutdown orders issued in...more
Wilson et al v. USI Insurance Services, LLC, et al., - In Wilson et al v. USI Insurance Services, LLC et al., No. 20-3124 (3d Cir. Oct. 8, 2024) the Third Circuit recently denied a petition for rehearing on COVID-19 related...more
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently rendered its eagerly awaited decision in Ungarean v. CNA et al., declaring that losses resulting from Covid-related governmental closure orders were not covered by business interruption...more
In a long-awaited decision, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in favor of the insurance companies in two appeals involving the availability of business interruption insurance coverage for losses stemming from the COVID-19...more
Seeking to find some relief from business losses experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses turned to their property insurers for coverage for their lost income. A clear national trend emerged among courts...more
On September 26, 2024, Pennsylvania joined the majority of jurisdictions nationwide in holding that commercial property insurance policies do not cover losses caused by the government shutdown orders issued in response to the...more
In AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held that a loose bolt or fitting that could be remedied simply by...more
In this month’s update, we discuss Russian-seized planes, Starbucks-caused traffic jams, a squabble over the use of a family name, a restaurant’s pandemic-based loss, a poorly built house, and whether insurance covers any of...more
Lost Business Income Not Covered Because Not Caused by Direct Physical Loss Or Damage, Third Department Finds- 87 Uptown Road, LLC owned an apartment complex with 11 apartment buildings in Ithaca, New York, which were...more
New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) is concerned that AI’s self-learning behavior increases the risks of unlawful or unfair discrimination. DFS will audit insurers’ use of AI. Such insurers need to maintain...more
All eyes are on the New Jersey Supreme Court as we await oral arguments on the latest business interruption coverage dispute. In the lawsuit, an Atlantic City casino, Ocean Walk, seeks reimbursement for costs incurred during...more
Our lives and the products and devices we use become more dependent on data by the day. As a result, cyberattacks and data breaches present everchanging risks to companies and individuals, and the importance of applicable...more
Every year, Quarles & Brady’s Insurance Recovery Team compiles a list of important decisions by Wisconsin state and federal courts addressing insurance issues. We then summarize the cases to keep you informed of developments...more
At least five Circuit Courts of Appeal have now come out in favor of insurers in COVID-19 business interruption lawsuits. The latest is the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Sandy Point Dental, P.C. v. Cincinnati Ins. Co.,...more
For our last episode of 2021, Lynda, joined by Insurance Recovery Group attorneys Eric Jesse and Joseph Saka, close out the year with a BANG! …a year in review of the COVID-related coverage rollercoaster policyholders have...more
In Santo’s Italian Café v. Acuity Ins. Co., __ F.4th __, 2021 WL 4304607 (6th Cir. September 22, 2021), the Sixth Circuit held that the phrase “direct physical loss of or damage to” property requires some tangible alteration...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently affirmed the dismissal of a policyholder’s COVID-19 insurance coverage action in Santo’s Italian Café LLC v. Acuity Insurance Co., No. 21-3068 (6th Cir. Sept. 22,...more
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
All-risks property insurance policies typically insure against direct physical loss of or damage to covered property. If asked, pre-pandemic, whether a policyholder's loss of use of property — in the absence of any...more
"The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of insurance coverage." So concluded the...more
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that, under Iowa law, an insurer is not liable for breach of contract or bad faith if its coverage decision was objectively reasonable at the time it was made. In Hallmark...more