Plaintiffs in Some States Defy Insurer Winning Streak in COVID Lawsuits
To anyone keeping score, it appears that insurers are crushing policyholders who sued for business income lost because of COVID-19 restrictions.
As of Tuesday, insurers had won 147 motions for dismal or summary judgment in state and federal courts, according to a litigation tracker maintained by the University of Pennsylvania’s Carey Law School. Policyholders had won only 34 cases in early rounds less than one out of five.
But if you look closer, glaring outliers emerge.
In Ohio, insurers had won only two of 11 motions to dismiss or for summary judgment, as of Tuesday. In one case, Henderson Road Restaurant Systems et al v. Zurich American Insurance Co., a federal judge actually granted summary judgment in favor of the policyholder.