Mashallah, Inc, et al v. West Bend Mutual Insurance Com

  1. December 10, 2021

    7th Circ. Deals Policyholders 'Body Blow' In Virus Ruling

    An Illinois dental practice and a hotel operator are among a group of policyholders not entitled to coverage for pandemic losses, the Seventh Circuit said in a major ruling from what is now the fifth appeals court to side with insurers in a pandemic coverage suit.

  2. September 10, 2021

    Ritz-Carlton, Quality Inn Fight For Virus Coverage At 7th Circ.

    A Ritz-Carlton in Texas, a Quality Inn in Illinois and a handful of other businesses urged a Seventh Circuit panel Friday to undo a slate of lower court rulings axing their claims that insurers wrongfully denied coverage for their losses stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing government shutdown orders.

  3. June 03, 2021

    Insurer Tells 7th Circ. Virus Exclusion Bars All Pandemic Loss

    West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. has urged the Seventh Circuit to reject an Illinois bar and a jewelry store's bid for another chance in their coronavirus business interruption suit, arguing a virus exclusion clearly precludes coverage for all pandemic-related losses.

  4. May 04, 2021

    Gov't Closure Orders, Not Virus, Caused Losses, 7th Circ. Told

    An Illinois bar and a jewelry store have urged the Seventh Circuit to reverse a lower court's finding that their insurance policies' virus exclusion bars coverage for pandemic-related losses, arguing that the district court wrongly held that it was COVID-19 instead of government orders that caused their losses.