March 08, 2024
The Fourth Circuit sided with State Farm insurance entities Friday in tossing a coverage dispute brought by a class of spa businesses alleging they were owed under "all risk" policies after COVID shutdown orders, with the court holding that recent precedent determined similar policies dealt with physical damage, not business closings.
September 20, 2023
A Fourth Circuit panel grappled Wednesday with whether reversing a lower court's certification of a class of businesses seeking COVID-19 coverage from State Farm would be a waste of time, given how other federal appellate courts have ruled in such cases.
December 19, 2022
A group of 111 Virginia policyholders urged the Fourth Circuit to keep intact a Virginia district court's decision granting certification for the class's COVID-19 business interruption claims against State Farm, chalking up the insurer's appeal to merely relitigating a prior, unsuccessful bid to dismiss their suit.
November 02, 2022
The Fourth Circuit should reverse a Virginia federal court's certification of a class of policyholders accusing State Farm of wrongfully denying coverage for their pandemic-related losses, civil justice reform and insurance industry groups told the court.
October 26, 2022
State Farm is seeking for a second time to decertify a class of policyholders accusing the insurer of wrongfully denying coverage for their pandemic-related losses, telling the Fourth Circuit the class members all have different factual circumstances surrounding their claims.