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Daily Journal Publishes White And Breen On COVID-19 Business-Related Insurance Claims In Ninth Circuit
13 October 2021
Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker LLP
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Paul White (Partner-Los Angeles, CA) and Siobhán Breen
(Associate-New York, NY) authored "Rulings Affirm No Coverage
for COVID-19-Related Business Interruption Claims" for the
October 6, 2021, edition of the Daily Journal. With
more than 2,030 insurance coverage action disputes filed in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic, courts have most often granted
full dismissals with prejudice in federal and state courts. Paul
and Siobhán examine three recent Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals rulings that fall in line with this trend and hold that
income and lost expenses incurred due to COVID-19-related business
closures do not fall within the property policies that provide
coverage for "direct physical loss or damage" to
property.
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