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Almost 1,500 lawsuits have been filed by policyholders against insurers, seeking to resolve disputes around insurance coverage for COVID-19-related business losses.
For those unfamiliar with insurance litigation trends, it’s important to put the scale of this into perspective. The average hurricane will result in about 50 to 100 cases being filed in the first year; from April till August 2020 we saw the same quantity of cases being filed
each week for COVID-19-related losses.
So far, rulings have been made overwhelming in the favor of insurers, at a rate of approximately 75%. However, there have been some significant rulings in favor of policyholders over the last few months which should cause insurers pause for thought.
“The pandemic has canceled what I do for a living,” street performer Mark Roman tells the
Hollywood Reporter. For six years, Roman portrayed Captain America and occasionally a
Reno 911-inspired character called “Lieutenant Frank” as one of the army of people who lived on tips from tourists by dressing up as superheroes, movie creatures, and other figments of the showbiz imagination. But now most of the strip that once welcomed 10 million visitors a year is boarded up, and Roman hasn’t busked since COVID-19 first hit Los Angeles.
To make ends meet Roman has tried working as an extra and making Cameo videos, with limited success.
Voters in line outside the shuttered Pantages Theatre on Nov. 3.
Hard-hit by the pandemic, the iconic street struggles amid a plunge in tourism and the months-long shuttering of theaters and other draws: I don’t know what we re going to do.
On a street typically lined with superheroes and Disney characters, Batman, with precious few tourists to greet, sits on a quiet corner doing crunches.
This is Hollywood Boulevard today, nine months into the pandemic-induced shutdown that has stripped the tourist destination of its usual 10 million annual visitors who clamor to take photos with costumed street performers and pose with their favorite celebrity s star.
Hollywood Restaurant Musso & Frank Grill Sets Up GoFundMe Account for Furloughed Employees
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Along with donations, 25 percent of online retail sales will go toward the employee relief fund.
Donors like producer Vin Di Bona, Holland Taylor, Matthew Weiner and Bill Prady have given to the relief account, which is aiming to raise $100,000 to assist with health care and living expenses.
The latest L.A. County dining ban, due to alarming COVID-19 infection rates, has set off another wave of layoffs and furloughs among restaurants.
To help soften the financial burden for its staffers, industry staple Musso & Frank Grill has set up an employee relief fund via a GoFundMe. Money raised will be split, with 50 percent going toward ongoing health care/medical insurance and 50 percent for living expenses, for the legendary restaurant’s 84 employees who are currently furloughed.
Musso & Frank launches employee relief fund to provide help during pandemic
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Sign atop Musso & Franks, 6667 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. (Photo by Ken Lubas/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Musso & Frank Grill announced Wednesday that it has launched an employee relief fund to help cover health insurance and other living expenses of its employees while the iconic Hollywood restaurant is temporarily shuttered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Musso & Frank Employee Relief Fund will provide 50% of needed living expenses for the restaurant s 84 employees who are furloughed as a result of the pandemic, along with 50% of the money required to cover ongoing healthcare and medical insurance coverage, according to the restaurant s owners.