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Are Reserve Releases Ahead? Appellate Ct. Ruling Seen Slowing COVID Suits
A federal appellate court ruling that dismissed a dental practice's COVID-19 business interruption claim might be the beginning of the end for policyholder arguments that income lost because of ...
COVID-19 Did Not Delay Workers Comp Med Treatments But Some Care Avoided: WCRI Study
COVID-19 did not delay medical treatment for workers' compensation claimants, but did decrease the amount of emergency care and other services provided to injured workers, a study released Thursday ...
Judge Questions Whether $48M in Coverage for Collapsed Condo Tower Will Be Enough
Five lawsuits have been filed against the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association in Surfside, Florida as of Thursday afternoon as plaintiffs move to preserve evidence at the site of the ...
Barbershops to Symphony: Judge Nixes Hundreds of Business Interruption Claims
A federal judge in Seattle has dismissed lawsuits filed by hundreds of Washington state businesses seeking insurance coverage for revenues lost because of COVID-19 public health orders. U.S. District ...
Plaintiffs Dig to Unearth Old ISO Documents to Back COVID BI Claims
Plaintiffs attorneys are looking deep into the weeds for evidence to support claims for business income lost because of COVID-19 public safety orders. Lawyers for footwear wholesaler Marc Fisher LLC ...
Texas Judge Rules Against Insurer, Refusing to Dismiss Theater Chain’s COVID Lawsuit
A federal judge in Sherman, Texas on Wednesday ruled against an insurer that sought to dismiss a $500 million COVID-19 business-interruption lawsuit by the nation's third-largest chain of movie ...
New FAA Rules Should Expand Commercial Use of Drones
New Federal Aviation Administration rules are expected to clear the way for expanded commercial use of drones, which are increasingly being used by insurers to assess property damage. The updated ...
Federal Appeals Court Upholds Dismissal of Insurance Executive’s Whistleblower Suit
A federal appellate court upheld the dismissal of a whistleblower lawsuit filed by an insurance executive who was fired after allegedly submitting false expense reports and encouraging employees ...