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Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. v. Endurance American Specialty Insurance Company

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Case Number:

8:20-cv-02185

Court:

California Central

Nature of Suit:

Insurance

Judge:

Cormac J. Carney

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  1. June 16, 2022

    Insurer Loses Bid To Limit Boston Hotel's Virus Losses

    A California federal judge rejected Endurance American Specialty Insurance's attempt to limit its coverage of COVID-19-related losses to the operator of the Boston Marriott Long Wharf, the site of one of the pandemic's first major "super-spreader" events.

  2. March 21, 2022

    Boston Hotel Fights Insurer's Win Bid In Virus Coverage Suit

    The Boston Marriott tied to one of the pandemic's first major "super-spreader" events told a California federal court that its insurer's victory bid amounted to the latest action in an "ever-evolving effort" to avoid paying out virus coverage under its policy.

  3. March 01, 2022

    Boston Marriott Says Insured Virus Losses Extended Full Year

    A Boston Marriott's covered business interruption losses tied to a COVID-19 superspreader event extended for a full year, rather than just two days, as the hotel's insurer has argued, the Marriott investor group told a California federal judge.

  4. July 07, 2021

    Boston Marriott Won't Get Early Win In Virus Coverage Row

    A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to determine the exact time period during which a Boston Marriott incurred covered business interruption losses tied to a COVID-19 superspreader event, holding that a more developed record is needed to show how long the hotel was closed.

  5. June 11, 2021

    Boston Hotel's Virus Policy Only Covered 2 Days, Insurer Says

    An insurer said Thursday it's too soon for a Boston hotel investor group to declare it's owed up to a year of coverage for losses tied to a COVID-19 superspreader event, telling a California federal judge that discovery could cap the coverage period at two days.

  6. May 18, 2021

    Boston Marriott Hits Insurer For Limiting Virus Coverage

    A Boston hotel investor group asked a California federal judge to throw out an insurer's claims that it would only be responsible for two days of coverage during which the hotel hosted a conference later linked to over 300,000 COVID-19 cases worldwide.

  7. March 01, 2021

    Insurer Must Face Hotel Investors' $40M Virus Coverage Suit

    A California federal judge has ruled that Endurance American Specialty Insurance Co. cannot escape a $40 million suit brought by a Boston hotel's investor group seeking COVID-19 loss coverage, finding that the investors were not required to meet a $100,000 deductible for cleanup costs before tapping into business interruption coverage.

  8. January 11, 2021

    Insurer Fights Hotel Investors' $40M Virus Coverage Suit

    Endurance American Specialty Insurance Co. urged a California federal court to toss a $40 million suit seeking COVID-19 loss coverage from a Boston hotel's investor group, arguing coverage is not triggered since the insured never satisfied the policy's $100,000 retention.

  9. November 16, 2020

    Backers Of Superspreader Event Hotel Sue Insurer For $40M

    The investor group behind the Boston hotel that hosted the country's first superspreader event has opened a $40 million suit against its insurer in a California federal court, contending that it was wrongly denied coverage of losses related to COVID-19 given its policy's inclusion of virus-related claims.

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