Mudpie, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty Insurance

  1. January 03, 2022

    Sports & Betting Cases To Watch In 2022

    The expansion of sports gambling will continue to face roadblocks in state legislatures, and the NCAA could see its legal bills mount as it fights pay-for-play in college sports, according to industry attorneys' predictions for 2022.

  2. November 09, 2021

    MLB Teams Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Virus Coverage Fights

    Five Major League Baseball teams urged the Ninth Circuit on Monday to reverse a key ruling and let California state courts define "physical loss or damage" in a COVID-19 insurance dispute that threatens to undermine their own coverage-denial lawsuits.

  3. October 04, 2021

    Policyholders Hopeful Despite 9th Circ. COVID-19 Losses

    The Ninth Circuit's three recent rulings upholding dismissals of COVID-19 coverage suits may initially seem like another big win for insurers at the federal appellate level, but some experts say there's no reason for the insurance industry to be donning party hats just yet.

  4. October 01, 2021

    9th Circ. Deals Losses To Policyholders In COVID-19 Disputes

    Policyholders seeking coverage for business losses stemming from COVID-19 government shutdown orders were dealt another blow Friday, when the Ninth Circuit handed down a trio of rulings in insurers' favor.

  5. August 11, 2021

    Baseball Teams Lead Pitch To 9th Circ. On COVID Coverage

    A group of minor league baseball teams and two California-based companies urged the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday to revive suits seeking coverage of pandemic-related losses, saying the complicated, diverse issues shouldn't have been resolved so easily at the motion to dismiss stage.

  6. August 06, 2021

    9th Circ. Poised To Weigh COVID-19 Coverage Battles

    The Ninth Circuit will hear arguments Wednesday from policyholders and insurers in three suits over whether business-interruption coverage extends to pandemic-related losses, in what could be a preview of the many cases pending before federal appellate and trial courts.

  7. February 10, 2021

    Travelers Tells 9th Circ. Virus Suit Was Rightly Tossed

    Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. of America urged the Ninth Circuit Monday not to revive a San Francisco retailer's lawsuit seeking coverage for its financial losses due to COVID-19 shutdown orders, saying its property insurance policy only covers physical damage to property and excludes loss or damage caused by a virus.

  8. January 08, 2021

    Calif. Justices Should Weigh Virus Coverage, 9th Circ. Told

    A San Francisco retailer on Thursday urged the Ninth Circuit to seek the California high court's input to resolve its appeal of a federal judge's decision that Travelers is not obligated to cover its financial losses due to COVID-19 shutdown orders, arguing that the case involves a novel question under the Golden State's law.