The Ninth Circuit has ruled in Palmomar Health v. American Guarantee and Liability Ins. Co., No. 21-50673 (9th Cir. July 28, 2022) that losses due to the presence of coronavirus particles

Notwithstanding the recent Cajun Conti policyholder victory in the Louisiana Court of Appeals, a federal district court judge in New Orleans has sided with the numerous federal rulings...

South Carolina is the latest state whose Supreme Court has refused to allow property insurance coverage for COVID losses. On a certified question from the U.S. District Court, the South Carolina Supreme Court...

The California Supreme Court has again declined to address whether COVID claims are insured, denying an insured's request that it review the First Appellate District's pro-insurer...

The Ninth Circuit has issued an unpublished decision in BA LAX LLC v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., No. 21-55109 (9th Cir. Oct. 21, 2022), declaring that the plaintiff had not pleaded any...

Another early policyholder victory was overturned this week as the Oklahoma Supreme Court joined the growing body of state supreme courts barring coverage for COVID BI claims.

The Ninth Circuit has issued a summary order in Tao Group v. Employers Ins. Co. of Wausau, No. 22-15506 (9th Cir. Nov. 22, 2022) confirming a California court's declaration that a restauranteur...

The insurance industry's unbroken streak of COVID appellate victories hit a Vermont-sized pothole last week when the state Supreme Court ruled that an insured had pleaded sufficient facts to satisfy...

The Fourth Circuit issued a short unpublished opinion last week in Golden Corral Corp. v. Illinois Union Ins. Co. No. 21-2219 (4th Cir. Aug. 11, 2022), holding affirming a North Carolina District Court's declaration...

In a case arising under Pennsylvania law, the Third Circuit has ruled that allegations by three women that a motel was complicit in allowing them to be commercially trafficked for sex were subject...

In the first COVID trial to result in a jury verdict for a policyholder, a Texas jury has awarded $48 million to the Baylor College of Medicine in its suit against Lloyds.

The California Court of Appeal has ruled that a Superior Court judge erred in refusing to allow a restaurant chain a chance to amend its complaint to set forth claims for "communicable disease event" coverage.

The Ninth Circuit has issued another unpublished ruling sustaining a California District Court's dismissal of a restauranteur's COVID BI suit.

Since their effective rollout on December 1, 2010, the Guidelines have served to regulate treatment to the back, neck, shoulders, and knees for compensable claims in New York State.

The Sixth Circuit has ruled that a "contamination" exclusion precludes coverage for an Ohio insured's COVID claims, declaring in Dana, Inc. v. Zurich American Ins. Co., No. 21-4160 (6th Cir. July 6, 2022)(unpublished) ...

The truism in the insurance world that "the best case is a settled case" is sometimes worth a closer look.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has affirmed a Virginia ruling that a chain of fitness stores is not entitled to commercial property insurance for their COVID-related business interruption losses.

The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Superfund "response costs" are "damages" in Alabama Plating Co. v. USF&G, 690 So.2d 331 (Ala. 1996). More recently, the court also ruled...

There is no doubt that this is an important election year. While the presidential election will receive the majority of the attention, Proposition 24

As states across the country implement their reopening procedures and issue health and safety guidelines to businesses in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.