March 18, 2022
The Second and Ninth circuits issued short rulings over the past week in line with their previous decisions against policyholders seeking coverage for COVID-19-related losses, including appeals from a New York hospitality group and a Nevada advertising agency.
August 12, 2021
A Chubb unit urged the Ninth Circuit to uphold dismissal of an advertising agency's COVID-19 coverage dispute, maintaining that the policy's civil authority provision is triggered only if government shutdown orders were issued in response to physical loss or damage near the policyholder's property.
June 11, 2021
A Nevada advertising agency asked the Ninth Circuit on Friday to revive its bid for coverage of losses sustained because of government pandemic restrictions, saying the district court misinterpreted a key requirement for coverage in favor of a Chubb unit.