Chattanooga Pro Baseball, et al v. National Casualty Company, et al
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20-17422
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January 19, 2022
9th Circ. Won't Rehear Baseball Teams' Virus Coverage Appeal
The Ninth Circuit on Wednesday refused to rehear arguments by 19 minor league baseball teams on whether their losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic are barred by virus exclusions, keeping in place the court's previous ruling in favor of three Nationwide units.
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October 18, 2021
Baseball Teams Ask 9th Circ. For Another At-Bat In Virus Suit
The owners of 19 minor league baseball teams asked the Ninth Circuit to rehear their arguments on whether their losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic are barred by virus exclusions, arguing that the court's previous ruling in favor of three Nationwide units contradicts other causation decisions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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April 01, 2021
Minor Leaguers Tell 9th Circ. Virus Suit Tossed Prematurely
A group of Minor League Baseball teams urged the Ninth Circuit to revive their pandemic-related insurance fight Wednesday, arguing that the lower court made a premature finding that their losses were caused by the coronavirus and thus barred from coverage under a virus exclusion.
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March 11, 2021
Insurers Urge 9th Circ. To Ax Baseball Teams' Virus Suit
Three Nationwide Insurance units are asking the Ninth Circuit to toss 19 Minor League Baseball teams' suit seeking pandemic-related coverage, urging the appellate court to recognize "numerous" federal court rulings that a policy's virus exclusion bars coverage for COVID-19-related losses.
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February 09, 2021
Minor Leaguers Ask 9th Circ. For Extra Innings In Virus Suit
A group of Minor League Baseball teams asked the Ninth Circuit to revive their pandemic-related insurance fight Monday, arguing that the lower court misapplied a virus exclusion, and that the exclusion does not contain an anti-concurrent clause.