October 21, 2022
The Ninth Circuit sided with Hartford Fire Insurance Co. in a COVID-19 business interruption appeal brought by a group of California hotel companies, finding they didn't show any direct physical loss or damage to their properties that would trigger insurance coverage.
May 12, 2022
Hartford Fire Insurance Co. told the Ninth Circuit that the court's previous decisions against policyholders seeking coverage for COVID-19-related losses compel the same result for a group of California hotel companies.
June 14, 2021
A group of California hotel companies asked the Ninth Circuit Monday to reverse Hartford Fire Insurance's summary judgment win over their COVID-19 coverage suit, arguing that the lower court misinterpreted their policy with an "improper liberal application" of a virus exclusion.