Friday, April 23, 2021
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.
Insureds have been much more successful in state court than federal court. Insurers have obtained a dismissal in 93% of the 241 cases decided in federal court, but only 54% of the 58 cases decided in state court.
UConn Law Students Help Keep Tabs on COVID-19 Litigation
Getting an in-depth understanding of civil litigation as it unfolds in real time
The project tracks litigation related to the pandemic as it moves through the courts. Copy Link
The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed a flood of lawsuits by businesses trying to force insurers to cover virus-related losses. Figuring out what that means to the insurance industry and their policyholders requires a massive data collection effort, which is now under way with the help of four UConn Law students.
The students gather information about state and federal court cases, turning lawsuits filed by a podiatry practice in Pennsylvania or a nightclub in California into data for the Covid Coverage Litigation Tracker. Professor Tom Baker at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School conceived and manages the tracker, which is co-sponsored by the Insurance Law Center at the UConn School of Law. His goal is to record the pa
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Can businesses require proof of vaccination? Experts say yes By Kathryn Watson Vaccine passports spark debate and division
As companies rush to develop so-called vaccine passports and as access to COVID-19 vaccines expands, the debate about whether businesses can require proof of vaccination from employees and patrons is heating up.
And Americans support for requiring proof of vaccination depends on which activity the proof would be needed for, according to exclusive polling.
Tech companies, including IBM, Microsoft and Oracle, have been working on vaccine credentials that can be flashed at ball games, concerts and airports for entry, and some businesses are wondering whether they can or should require employees to show proof of vaccination before returning to work sites. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has already weighed in, holding that, generally, employers have the right to require their employees to get one of the approved vaccines.
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