GIANT EAGLE, INC. et al v. AMERICAN GUARANTEE AND LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY et al

  1. September 07, 2022

    Grocer's Amended Suit Stalls Opioid Coverage Ruling

    Two excess insurers must wait until after discovery to know whether they must defend grocery chain Giant Eagle in ongoing opioid litigation, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled Wednesday, holding it would be most efficient to defer judgment on their defense obligations in light of the grocer's latest complaint.

  2. February 11, 2022

    Excess Insurer Angles For Win In Opioid Injury Coverage Row

    XL Specialty Insurance Co. asked a Pennsylvania federal judge to rule that it has no duty to cover grocery chain Giant Eagle's costs in opioid injury suits under a 2018 excess policy, saying the judge's prior finding of no coverage under a 2017 policy applies in equal force here.

  3. May 25, 2021

    Judge Revisits Grocer's Defense Dispute Over Opioid Injury

    A Pennsylvania federal judge said Tuesday his refusal to consider a part of Giant Eagle's primary insurance policy caused "a clear error of law," tossing his November ruling that the grocery chain's excess insurers must defend it in opioid injury suits.

  4. November 09, 2020

    Grocer Secures Defense Coverage In Opioid Injury Suits

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Monday ruled that a pair of excess insurers must fund grocery store chain Giant Eagle Inc.'s defense of several underlying suits alleging its pharmacies contributed to the opioid epidemic, finding that the suits are seeking potentially covered bodily injury damages.

  5. January 13, 2020

    Insurers Say Grocer Isn't Owed Defense Costs In Opioid Case

    Two insurance companies have argued that they don't have to defend Giant Eagle in a series of opioid lawsuits because the grocery chain's underlying insurance covers damages, not defense costs, and the company has not shown it has met its deductibles and used up its underlying coverage.

  6. December 13, 2019

    Grocer Says Opioid Defense Is 'Loss' Covered By Insurance

    Giant Eagle Inc. told a Pennsylvania federal court Thursday that the millions it's spent defending against lawsuits accusing its pharmacies of contributing to the opioid epidemic should meet the definition of "loss" caused by "bodily injury" and trigger a pair of umbrella insurance policies.

  7. October 08, 2019

    Third Insurer Pulled Into Pa. Grocer's Opioid Defense Suit

    If XL Specialty Insurance Co. and American Guarantee and Liability Co. have to cover Pittsburgh-based grocery chain Giant Eagle's defense of its pharmacies' role in the opioid crisis, Old Republic Insurance Co. must share the burden, according to third-party complaints XL and American Guarantee have filed in Pennsylvania federal court.

  8. July 26, 2019

    Pa. Grocery Chain Demands Insurer Cover Opioid Defense

    Giant Eagle Inc. asked a Pennsylvania federal court on Thursday to compel its insurers to cover the cost of its defense in Ohio-based multidistrict litigation over the role of the supermarket's pharmacy distribution arm in the opioid crisis.