Legal Sea Foods, LLC v. Strathmore Ins. Co.

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Case overview

Case Number:

21-1202

Court:

Appellate - 1st Circuit

Nature of Suit:

4110 Insurance

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  1. June 03, 2022

    Mass. Precedent Dooms Virus Coverage Suits, 1st Circ. Says

    The First Circuit rejected COVID-19 coverage appeals Friday from a Massachusetts landlord and a seafood chain, continuing the string of decisions against policyholders at the federal and state appellate court level.

  2. October 04, 2021

    1st Circ. Asks Just When Virus Imperils A Restaurant

    The First Circuit challenged an East Coast seafood chain Monday to pinpoint the exact time that one of the chain's restaurants became unfit and dangerous when a coronavirus-infected person entered the insured location, triggering coverage for "direct physical loss or damage."

  3. June 03, 2021

    Insurer Says Seafood Chain's Loss Is Not Coronavirus' Fault

    Strathmore Insurance Co. argued to the First Circuit on Wednesday that a lower court got it right as a seafood chain's losses from closing during the COVID-19 pandemic weren't from the presence of the coronavirus causing a physical loss or damage at its properties.

  4. May 17, 2021

    Insurer Fights Seafood Chain's Virus Appeal To Mass. Justices

    Strathmore Insurance Co. said Legal Sea Foods is "merely forum shopping" in seeking to send its COVID-19 business interruption suit to Massachusetts' top court, telling the First Circuit that there's no real dispute under Bay State law.

  5. May 11, 2021

    Trade Group Backs Legal Sea Foods In Virus Insurance Appeal

    Legal Sea Foods' quest to cover losses from the COVID-19 pandemic earned the backing of nonprofit insurance trade group United Policyholders, which told the First Circuit on Monday that a lower court was wrong to dismiss the restaurant chain's suit.

  6. May 04, 2021

    Seafood Chain Asks Mass. Justices To Weigh Virus Coverage

    Legal Sea Foods urged the First Circuit on Monday to send its COVID-19 business interruption suit against Strathmore Insurance Co. to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to decide the meaning of "direct physical loss of or damage to" property.