Insurance,
Civil Litigation,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 5, 2021
Virus exclusion or not, insurers win
More than 64% of lawsuits against insurers over the denial of business interruption coverage in state courts across the nation have been denied with prejudice, according to the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
Insurance companies that denied business interruption coverage to policyholders last year following the COVID-19 virus are scoring a series of victories in state and federal courts.
On Friday, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel rejected appeals by a San Francisco retailer, a Chatsworth dental appliance manufacturer, and a group of minor league baseball teams against their insurers. But the outcome against policyholders' claims that ...
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