PHILADELPHIA EAGLES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. FACTORY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

  1. December 13, 2024

    Philadelphia Eagles Can't Revive COVID-19 Coverage Suit

    A Pennsylvania federal judge refused to reconsider the Philadelphia Eagles' bid for COVID-19 loss coverage Friday, saying that although the football team thought it "made a clean pass for coverage," there would be no touchdowns scored against its insurer in court.

  2. November 15, 2024

    Philadelphia Eagles Seek To Revive COVID-19 Coverage Suit

    The Philadelphia Eagles pressed a Pennsylvania federal court to rethink its decision tossing the football team's suit against its insurer over coverage for pandemic-related losses, calling its case different from all other COVID-19 loss cases and demanding further proceedings.

  3. October 16, 2024

    Insurer Gets Philly Eagles' COVID-19 Coverage Suit Tossed

    A Pennsylvania federal court on Wednesday tossed the Philadelphia Eagles' suit seeking to recover pandemic-related losses from Factory Mutual Insurance Co., citing a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court holding that physical loss or damage requires tangible alteration to property.

  4. October 03, 2024

    Eagles Insurer Bolsters Dismissal Bid In COVID Closure Suit

    The insurer for the Philadelphia Eagles on Wednesday bolstered its bid to dismiss the NFL team's suit seeking coverage for business disruption and losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, throwing recent case law behind its position that the pandemic's early effects on public events did not constitute physical loss entitling insurance coverage.

  5. February 06, 2023

    Judge Pauses Philadelphia Eagles' Pandemic Coverage Suit

    Less than a week before the Philadelphia Eagles compete in the Super Bowl, a Pennsylvania federal judge granted a stay to the NFL team as he weighs the impact of various appellate decisions on the COVID-19 coverage suits from the Eagles and the Philadelphia 76ers.

  6. January 18, 2023

    Eagles, 76ers Say 3rd Circ. COVID Ruling Doesn't Doom Cases

    The Philadelphia Eagles and 76ers defended their COVID-19 insurance cases in Pennsylvania federal court Tuesday, arguing that a recent Third Circuit opinion denying pandemic coverage to a group of New Jersey and Pennsylvania businesses does not prevent their suits.

  7. December 16, 2022

    Philly Eagles And 76ers Get Discovery For COVID-19 Cases

    A Pennsylvania federal judge said he would permit the Philadelphia Eagles and the Philadelphia 76ers and its arena to initiate limited discovery in their quests for COVID-19 insurance coverage in the interest of "fairness" after hearing oral arguments in both cases this month.

  8. December 02, 2022

    Judge Tells Philly Eagles, 76ers To Reference COVID Rulings

    A Pennsylvania federal judge has asked the Philadelphia Eagles, the Philadelphia 76ers and other parties to prepare to discuss rulings in COVID-19 pandemic-related cases that may influence the sports teams' quest for insurance coverage at oral arguments on Wednesday.

  9. November 23, 2022

    NFL's Eagles, Insurer Argue Impact Of NBA Virus Ruling

    A California federal court ruling in favor of the Sacramento Kings NBA team is an outlier that doesn't spell success for the Philadelphia Eagles' bid for COVID-19 pandemic-related coverage, Factory Mutual Insurance Co. told a Pennsylvania federal court.

  10. July 18, 2022

    Judge Says No Rulings In Philly Teams' Virus Suits For Now

    A Pennsylvania federal judge told the Philadelphia Eagles, the 76ers and their insurers that motions to dismiss in their COVID-19 business loss insurance coverage disputes won't be decided until the end of summer or if an appellate court decides the issue of whether the virus caused "physical loss or damage" to the sports teams' properties.