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Insurance

Mar. 12, 2020

Finding COVERAGE for COVID-19

The full extent of the business interruption caused by the novel coronavirus is unknown, but the losses are already catastrophically high. The stock market’s recent plunge over coronavirus fears was the largest since the financial crisis in 2008.

William M. Shernoff

Senior and Founding Partner
Shernoff Bidart Echeverria LLP

301 N Canon Drive
Los Angeles , CA 90210

Phone: (909) 621-4935

Email: wshernoff@shernoff.com

Mr. Shernoff is a nationally recognized trail blazer who has been called the pioneer of insurance bad faith after persuading the California Supreme Court to establish new case law that permits plaintiffs to sue insurance companies for bad faith seeking both compensatory and punitive damages (Egan v. Mutual of Omaha). He has since continued to obtain significant verdicts and court decisions which have shaped this area of law as well as written three books and roughly 100 articles on the topic of insurance bad faith.

Michael J. Bidart

Managing Partner
Shernoff, Bidart & Echeveria LLP

600 S Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont , CA 91711

Phone: (909) 621-4935

Fax: (909) 447-2043

Email: MBidart@shernoff.com

Pepperdine University SOL; Malibu CA

Michael leads the firm's HMO Litigation and Property/Casualty Departments. He is a preeminent consumer attorney who has made a major impact on our health care system.

Steven Messner

Partner
Shernoff Bidart Echeveria LLP

Email: smessner@shernoff.com

Steven has served as lead counsel at trial in both insurance bad faith and property damage cases.

The full extent of the business interruption caused by the novel coronavirus is unknown, but the losses are already catastrophically high. The stock market's recent plunge over coronavirus fears was the largest since the financial crisis in 2008. Businesses should be considering whether any of these coronavirus-related losses are covered under their policies.

Coverage for any insurance claim begins with the policy language. In many c...

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