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Ruling on Field Stands: Philadelphia Eagles Denied COVID-19 Insurance Claim

The Philadelphia Eagles football team has lost its bid for federal court reconsideration of the dismissal of the team’s claim for insurance coverage for COVID-19 losses. The Eagles tossed a red flag in November after the federal district for Eastern …

NC Supreme Court Bucks Trend, Finds COVID Caused Physical Loss to Restaurants

Courts across the country have overwhelmingly ruled in favor of insurance carriers in claims disputes following the government-ordered closures of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. The North Carolina Supreme Court last week bucked that trend, becoming just the second state …

Mars Loses Appeal to Undo Dismissal of COVID-19 Business Loss Claims

Petcare, food and candy company Mars Inc. has lost its bid to revive its claims against Factory Mutual Insurance Co. for business interruption losses it incurred during the coronavirus pandemic. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week upheld the …

Massachusetts Hospital Wins COVID-19 Claim Under Disease Contamination Endorsement

A federal appeals court has ruled that a Massachusetts hospital is entitled to coverage for losses due to COVID-19 under a health care endorsement in its policy from Continental Casualty Co. The First Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that Lawrence …

London’s Excel Centre Wins Insurance Ruling on COVID-19 Biz Interruption Losses

The owners of London’s ExCel conference center on Friday won a court ruling against insurers, including Royal & Sun Alliance, over pandemic-related losses, which its lawyers said could affect hundreds of thousands of policyholders. London International Exhibition Centre Plc took …

Federal Court Denies Massachusetts Hospital’s Covid-19 Business Insurance Claim

A Massachusetts hospital has been denied its insurance claim for Covid-19 related costs and lost revenues under business interruption and disease contamination provisions of its property insurance policy. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton of the federal court in Boston …

Federal Appeals Court Upholds Denial of ITT’s Covid-19 Insurance Claims

Global corporation ITT has again been denied coverage under its “all-risk” policy for business costs and losses it sustained due to Covid-19. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling by the federal district court for Connecticut that …

Judge Sends Philadelphia Eagles, 76ers Covid Insurance Ruling Into Overtime

Rather than rule on them, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has allowed similar Covid-19 business insurance cases brought by owners of the Philadelphia Eagles and Philadelphia 76ers sports teams against their insurers to proceed to limited discovery. U.S. District Judge …

Maryland High Court Joins Others in Backing Insurer in Covid-19 Claims Denial

The Maryland Supreme Court has backed an insurer in rejecting a luxury brand company’s claim that its all-risk commercial property insurance policy should cover its Covid-19 business losses. The ruling is in accord with Covid-19 rulings by high courts in …

State Court Splits on COVID Coverage: Yes on Dentist, No on Tavern

A Pennsylvania appellate court ruled Wednesday that a dental practice was entitled to coverage for income lost because of the state’s COVID-19 shutdown, but a tavern was not. Policy language made all the difference in outcomes of the separate Superior …