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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has agreed that an insurance policy’s virus exclusion clause does in fact preclude businesses from staking a claim to income losses and expenses sustained during state-ordered shutdowns, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Gerald A. McHugh issued a
decision on Feb. 11, granting dismissal of plaintiff Fuel Recharge Yourself, Inc.’s case versus defendant AMCO Insurance Company.
Plaintiff Fuel Recharge Yourself, Inc. is a Philadelphia-based delicatessen. Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, plaintiff purchased a commercial multiple peril insurance policy from AMCO Insurance Company. Plaintiff’s policy is an “all-risk” policy that covers all non-excluded business losses.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney
PHILADELPHIA – A coalition of Philadelphia restaurateurs who filed a lawsuit against The City of Philadelphia and its Mayor Jim Kenney over the City’s “Safer At Home” order, which banned indoor dining until this past New Year’s Day to protect citizens from the spread of COVID-19, have dismissed the case.
Philadelphia Restaurant Owners Against Lockdown, LLC of Philadelphia first filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Nov. 19 versus both the City and Kenney.
“Plaintiff is a group of small business owners in the restaurant industry, operating restaurants in the City and County of Philadelphia. The “Safer at Home” ban on indoor dining issued by Mayor Kenney, under the color of state law, continues to restrict plaintiff’s right to operate and remain in business, partly based upon the geographic location of its affiliated business, e.g., the City of Philadelphia.,” the su
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge in Philadelphia has declined jurisdiction for and dismissed without prejudice a case to see if any insurance coverage exists to protect an Arizona business from income losses and expenses sustained during state-ordered shutdowns, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Gerald A. McHugh issued his
opinion on Jan. 27, dismissing i2i Optique LLC’s litigation against Valley Forge Insurance Company (doing business as “CNA”).
The plaintiff, i2i Optique LLC, is an Arizona company that operates, manages, and owns an optical goods store in Scottsdale, Ariz. The defendant, Valley Forge Insurance Company (doing business as “CNA”), based in Pennsylvania, issued an insurance policy to plaintiff for the period of Aug. 31, 2019 to Aug. 31, 2020. Plaintiff’s optical goods store is covered under the policy.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit between a wheelchair-bound Florida man and a Frankford Avenue business in Philadelphia over alleged barriers preventing him from shopping there in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has been settled.
Plaintiff Owen Harty first filed a complaint on Nov. 7 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against North City Development Co., alleging violation of the ADA.
The suit explained the defendant owns Shelley’s Plaza. Harty, who is a tester for civil rights monitoring of ADA compliance, claimed he “has encountered architectural barriers at the subject property which discriminate against him on the basis of his disability and have endangered his safety.”
Costco
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County man claims a negligently maintained “truncated dome” sidewalk outside his local Costco caused him to fall and be seriously injured.
Richard Mather of Richboro filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 4 versus Costco Wholesale Corp. (c/o CT Corporation) of Harrisburg, John Does 1-10, Jane Does 1-10 and XYZ Corporations 1-10
Mather was shopping at his local Costco Wholesale store in Warminster on Aug. 30, 2019, per the litigation.
“On Aug. 30, 2019, plaintiff was returning his shopping cart from the parking lot area to the designated return location at the entrance of the Costco building, when his foot came into contact with a depression of the sidewalk, known as the ‘truncated dome’ and was caused to lose his balance, tripping, stumbling and falling, sustaining serious and permanent injuries,” the suit says.