100s of Virus Deaths Draw Focus on Missouri Nursing Home Industry June 24, 2020 By Nassim Benchaabane and Jack Suntrup After years of failed attempts, advocates for nursing home residents this year won approval of legislation that allows families to...
Legal Liability and Requiring COVID Masks June 24, 2020 By Christopher J. Boggs States are in various stages of reopening following months of COVID-19 lock downs. As the states progress through the phases,...
Minor League Baseball Teams Sue Insurers for Coronavirus Business Income Losses June 24, 2020 By Suzanne Barlyn Fifteen U.S. minor league baseball teams on Tuesday sued several insurers for not paying out claims for business interruption losses...
Oregon Extends Emergency Orders for Most Common Insurance Policies June 23, 2020 The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services’ Division of Financial Regulation extended its emergency orders for property/casualty, long-term care,...
Cannery Workers in California Forced Into Hotel Quarantine Without Pay, Lawsuit Says June 23, 2020 About 150 seasonal workers hired by a salmon cannery in Alaska are being forced to quarantine without pay at a...
Disneyland Workers in California Say Proposed July Reopening May Be Too Early June 23, 2020 By Lisa Richwine Unions representing 17,000 workers at Walt Disney Co.’s Disneyland Resort in California have told the state’s governor they are not...
In U.S., 1 in 4 COVID-19 Deaths Are Residents of Nursing Homes June 22, 2020 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Justin Myers Nursing home residents account for nearly 1 in 10 of all the coronavirus cases in the United States and more...
Life Care Accused of Retaliation Against Nursing Home Staffers Who Spoke to Reuters June 22, 2020 By Chris Kirkham A nursing home owned by Life Care Centers of America Inc. has fired one nurse and banned another from the...
Beazley Launches Contingency Policy Covering Virtual Event Organizers June 22, 2020 Specialist insurer Beazley has launched a contingency policy designed to cover event organizers if a transmission failure disrupts or cancels...
Gym Reopening Order Declined Amid Challenge to New Jersey Governor June 22, 2020 A federal judge has declined to allow a southern New Jersey gym to reopen as it continues a constitutional challenge...