Insurer Wins Case Filed by New Orleans Restaurant that Filed Early COVID Claim
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Insurer Wins Case Filed by New Orleans Restaurant that Filed Early COVID Claim
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Thursday, February 11, 2021
A California state court denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss Goodwill Industries of Orange County’s COVID-19 business-interruption claim after an apparent reassessment of how California’s federal courts have applied (or, rather, misapplied) California precedent to COVID-19 cases. The case is
Goodwill Industries of Orange County, California v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., No. 30-2020-01169032-CU-IC-CXC (Cal. Super. Ct. Jan. 28, 2021).
A single appellate case, issued years ago, long before the conception of COVID-19 and its resulting losses, has taken center stage in California COVID-19 litigation:
MRI Healthcare Center of Glendale, Inc. v. State Farm General Insurance Co., 187 Cal. App. 4th 766 (2010). The