Federal appellate courts have taken divergent paths in grappling with COVID-19 coverage cases, with some waiting to hear from state high courts, others consolidating the suits and still more issuing ruling after ruling in favor of insurers who say policies don't cover the economic stifling of a global pandemic.
It has been a busy year and a half since the earliest COVID-19-related Business Interruption lawsuits were filed, and we are now seeing real decisions being made by the appellate courts on these claims.
On October 1, 2021, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on a trio of cases involving COVID-19 business interruption losses, in a series of written opinions with results favoring.
Racking up three more victories at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, insurers have now prevailed in the first six decisions of United States Court of Appeal. Each of.