Insurance,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 18, 2020
Judge sympathetic with policyholders leans to insurance company in business interruption case
Coverage lawsuits hinge on whether business interruptions imposed by government authorities to prevent the spread of COVID-19 constitute a physical loss or damage.
With precedent mounting in favor of insurance carriers, a federal judge indicated Thursday she's inclined to agree that Oregon Mutual properly denied coverage for businesses that claimed losses for service interruptions during the pandemic.
"I personally feel a little discouraged by the landscape of the litigation," U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler said. "It's har...
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