COVID-19
Most Courts Are Rejecting All Risk Insurance Policy
Claims Related to COVID-19 The overwhelming majority of courts have concluded that
neither COVID-19 nor the governmental orders associated with it
cause or constitute property loss or damage for purposes of
insurance coverage. So concluded the district court in
Out West Restaurant Gp., Inc. v. Affiliated FM Ins. Co.,
No. 20-cv-06786, 2021 WL 1056627 (N.D. Cal. March 19, 2021). The
court continued, These decisions have reasoned that the virus
fails to cause physical alteration of property because temporary
loss of use of property (if any) during a pandemic and while
government orders are in effect does not qualify as physical loss
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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois reported the following activity on Dec. 14 in the suits below:
In
Commissioner of Social Security: Complaint Against Commissioner Of Social Security, Filed By Natausha Mix. (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons Commissioner Of Social Security, # 3 Summons Us Attorney General, # 4 Summons Us Attorney)(van Fossan, Kristen) First Motion For Leave To Proceed In Forma Pauperis By Natausha Mix. (van Fossan, Kristen) Notice Of Appearance By Kristen N. Van Fossan On Behalf Of Natausha Mix (van Fossan, Kristen)
Case number 3:20-cv-01334 was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.
A woman claims she was injured when she tripped on a broken sign in a Kroger parking lot, causing injuries.
Lucille Clark filed the complaint on Dec. 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against Kroger Ltd. Partnership.
According to the complaint, Clark was a customer at a Kroger grocery store in Anna on June 6. She claims that while she was walking in the parking lot to enter the store, she tripped on the base of a sign post that had previously broken, causing her to fall to the ground.
As a result, Clark claims she suffered serious injuries to both arms including a comminuted fracture of her right distal radius.