12/5/2024 4:36:38 PM Court of Appeal finds that Covid-19 was a “catastrophe” By Mark Pring Thomas Morgan This autumn, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales handed down judgment in UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA v Covéa Insurance Plc [2024]...
8/14/2024 5:27:24 PM Fearing Industry Solvency, Insurers Are Seeking to Leverage “Physical Loss or Damage” Rulings in the COVID-19 Context to Roll Back Historic Coverage Generally By Richard Lewis When the COVID-19 Pandemic incepted, and issues arose as to whether affected policyholders could seek Business Income and Civil Authority...
4/14/2023 2:17:19 AM California Supreme Court to offer guidance for COVID-19 coverage cases By Ashley Jordan Elizabeth Bowman Courts continue grappling with the application of California insurance law to COVID-19 business interruption claims. After three years of...
1/30/2023 6:35:59 PM A tale of two opinions: The meaning of “physical loss” in the context of commercial property policies for Covid-19-related losses in Pennsylvania By Andrew Kintner Max Louik With the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, businesses across the country were forced to shut their doors and turn to their...
1/18/2023 7:14:28 PM Physical loss and reasonable expectations of policyholders: The Third Circuit whiffs By Douglas Rawles On January 6, 2023, the Third Circuit affirmed lower court rulings in 14 consolidated appeals from orders dismissing claims for property...
1/4/2023 10:36:38 PM Policyholders seeking coverage for Covid-19-related losses may have reason to be optimistic By Nicholas Insua I recently wrote about lessons that could be learned from the ongoing insurance coverage jurisprudence related to the coronavirus /...
12/6/2022 10:13:40 PM COVID-19 business income claims – Will state appellate courts reject federal court predictions as to state law? By Richard Lewis In the past few months, in cases considering whether SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 can cause direct physical loss or damage to property so as to...
11/17/2022 5:14:31 PM Direct physical loss in COVID Coverage cases: Are policyholders seeing a litigation shift in favor of COVID-19 coverage? By Connor O'Carroll Elizabeth Bowman David Weiss The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic led to unprecedented closures and losses for businesses throughout the United States. Naturally,...
10/19/2022 8:40:47 PM Amy’s Kitchen: A step in the right direction By Adrienne Kitchen Douglas Rawles On October 4, the California First Appellate District in Amy’s Kitchen, Inc. v. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, 2022 Cal. App. LEXIS...
8/31/2022 4:17:16 PM A policyholder win: Court finds coverage for COVID-19 related losses By Nat Ochoa David Weiss Recently, a California federal court issued a favorable decision for policyholders seeking coverage for losses arising from COVID-19 who...
7/21/2022 10:20:18 PM Looking beyond “Physical Damage to Property”: Is Marina Pacific Hotel a winning framework for policyholders? By Claire Whitehead John Vishneski It’s no secret that businesses of all shapes and sizes have suffered tremendous losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. From closures to the...
2/3/2022 11:57:58 PM “Occurrences” in COVID-19 business interruption litigation By Matthew Weaver Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the battles over threshold business interruption coverage issues like the presence of...
6/17/2020 8:02:59 PM Join us for an on-demand webinar “What policyholders really need to know about insurance for COVID-19” By Elizabeth Vieyra Reed Smith Insurance Recovery partners John Shugrue, John Ellison, Amber Finch, Richard Lewis, and Matthew Weaver offer discussion and...
4/3/2020 7:57:45 PM Pollution exclusion should not preclude coverage for virus-related claims By Mike Sampson Faced with mounting claims for insurance coverage as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, commercial insurers are...