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Trade Group Joins COVID Coverage Fray At Ohio High Court
Law360 (July 30, 2021, 8:19 PM EDT) A policyholder trade group has backed an Ohio audiology practice in a COVID-19 coverage suit before the state s Supreme Court, arguing the practice s inability to use its property due to an unsafe physical condition outside its control is the exact type of physical loss and damage that its policy covers.
On Friday, United Policyholders threw its support behind Neuro-Communication Services Inc. in its coverage fight for pandemic-related losses with The Cincinnati Insurance Co. and related entities. The uncontrolled spread of SARS-CoV-2 throughout Ohio, like a wildfire, constitutes a natural disaster that insurance should cover, the group said. Businesses that were habitable.
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As we have written here previously, businesses across the country have brought lawsuits against their insurers seeking coverage for losses related to COVID-19. According to the
COVID Coverage Litigation Tracker at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, over 1,500 suits have been filed since March 2020 in state and federal court. Some interesting statistics based on that information:
Over one third of the cases have been filed by food services establishments.
Almost one quarter of the cases were brought as class actions.
Approximately one third of the cases involved insurance policies that did not contain a virus exclusion.