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  1. October 10, 2024

    Insurance Litigation Week In Review

    A Hawaii petroleum company isn’t covered for underlying claims that it contributed to global warming, The Rockefeller University can continue to pursue bad faith and deceptive practice claims against its carriers in a coverage dispute over sex abuse claims, and an aircraft company is seeking $220 million for aircraft still in Russia. Here, Law360 takes a look at the past week's top insurance news.

  2. October 08, 2024

    3rd Circ. Won't Rehear Pa., NJ Businesses' Virus Loss Suits

    The Third Circuit declined to rehear consolidated pandemic-related loss coverage disputes brought by New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses, according to an order issued Tuesday, upholding its decision that the businesses' insurers didn't owe coverage for the claimed losses.

  3. July 25, 2023

    Insurers Tell 3rd Circ. Pa. COVID Appeals Are Irrelevant

    Insurers asked the Third Circuit to make haste in officially ending consolidated COVID-19 loss coverage cases brought by New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses, regardless of the outcome of related appeals recently accepted by Pennsylvania's high court.

  4. January 06, 2023

    3rd Circ. Denies Coverage For Businesses' Pandemic Losses

    The Third Circuit said a group of New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses aren't entitled to insurance coverage for their lost income during pandemic-related closures, ruling Friday that the COVID-19 virus and its associated government closure orders did not create a "direct physical loss of or damage to" their properties.

  5. September 28, 2022

    3rd Circ. Questions How Pandemic Orders Trigger Coverage

    A group of businesses in New Jersey and Pennsylvania faced sharp questioning Wednesday from Third Circuit judges over how they could be eligible for insurance coverage for losses from COVID-19 shutdown orders. 

  6. July 06, 2022

    3rd Circ. Asked To Wait For Pa. Panels On COVID Coverage

    A group of Pennsylvania businesses seeking coverage for their pandemic-related losses asked the Third Circuit to pause its consideration of several appeals, saying the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and state Supreme Court should weigh in first on issues surrounding COVID-19 coverage.

  7. November 09, 2021

    Pa. Businesses Ask 3rd Circ. To Overturn Virus Policy Rulings

    A group of Pennsylvania businesses told the Third Circuit this week that more than a dozen federal rulings wrongly denied insurance coverage for the businesses' pandemic-related losses, arguing that the lower courts took a too narrow interpretation of "physical loss" and a too broad interpretation of their policies' virus exclusions.

  8. February 02, 2021

    Businesses Ask 3rd Circ. To Combine Virus Coverage Appeals

    Attorneys for policyholders in eight COVID-19 coverage disputes have asked the Third Circuit to consolidate their appeals for argument, saying one combined proceeding will more efficiently resolve unaddressed issues of Pennsylvania law.