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A Massachusetts federal judge rejected a background check company's COVID-19 coverage suit against Hartford Fire Insurance Co., finding Thursday that the company couldn't escape the reasoning in recent decisions from the state's high court and the First Circuit.
The owner of high-end clothing boutiques lost its COVID-19 coverage lawsuit with a Chubb unit when a New York federal judge ruled that the Second Circuit's precedent doomed the case because there wasn't any physical loss or damage to property.
A California appeals panel upheld monetary sanctions imposed against two homeowners for destroying evidence before their insurer's inspector could investigate their claims for mold contamination stemming from the 2018 Carr fire.
A Seventh Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of an Illinois mattress company's COVID-19 coverage appeal, finding that the "broad and unambiguous" virus exclusion in its policy with Motorists Commercial Mutual Insurance Co. prevented coverage.
Tao Group, the owner of upscale restaurants and nightclubs, and a San Francisco-based concert promoter hit the Ninth Circuit with opening briefs this week, arguing that their cases fit a hypothetical COVID-19 coverage suit contemplated by a California appellate court.