27 results

• Progressive Insurance Total Loss Payments Result in Class Action Lawsuit

  August 24, 2021

  Russell Maas

  A class action lawsuit claims Progressive Auto Insurance uses a method of calculating total vehicle loss payouts which cheats customers out of the full value of their vehicle.

• Syngenta Files Lawsuit Against Insurers To Cover Paraquat Settlements and Defense Costs

  June 2, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  Syngenta is suing more than 100 insurance companies which it has had policies with over the decades, saying they are required to cover its growing legal fees over claims the weed killer paraquat causes Parkinson's disease.

• Court Finds Restaurant’s Insurance Provides Coverage For COVID-19 Business Interruption

  January 22, 2021

  Irvin Jackson

  A federal judge has ruled in favor of an Ohio-based restaurant chain, indicating its insurer should have to compensate the owners for business losses caused by COVID-19-related business interruptions.

• COVID-19 Business Insurance Lawsuits Consolidated In New York and Pennsylvania

  December 22, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The JPML has ordered the creation of two multidistrict litigations for coronavirus lawsuits filed against the Erie and Generali insurance companies'

• Small Business Lawsuits Against Insurance Companies Refusing to Cover COVID-19 Losses Appear To Be Gaining Traction With Judges

  December 9, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  More and more judges are approving lawsuits filed by businesses against their insurers for failing to cover pandemic losses, according to a new report.

• MDL Panel Declines to Centralize COVID-19 Lawsuits Against Most Insurance Carriers, But Not All

  October 5, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of judges has rejected most calls for separate MDLs for coronavirus insurance coverage lawsuits, agreeing to centralize only one group of claims.

• JPML Considering COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuit Consolidations Involving Separate Insurance Companies

  August 19, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A hearing in September will determine whether coronavirus insurance coverage lawsuits will be consolidated into a number of separate consolidated MDLs based on the defendant.

• Coronavirus Insurance Denial Lawsuits Will Not Be Centralized for Pretrial Proceedings in MDL

  August 14, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  The JPML has rejected a call to consolidate all coronavirus business insurance coverage lawsuits, saying such coordinated proceedings would not increase the efficiency of the litigation.

• JPML To Hear Oral Arguments Over Consolidation Of Covid-19 Insurance Coverage Lawsuits Via Zoom Meeting This Week

  July 28, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges will consider whether to consolidate all coronavirus business insurance lawsuits before one judge for pretrial proceedings, based on oral arguments to be held via teleconference this week.

• JPML To Consider Consolidation For COVID-19 Insurance Coverage Lawsuits

  July 1, 2020

  Irvin Jackson

  A panel of federal judges have agreed to hear oral arguments on whether all coronavirus business coverage lawsuits should be consolidated before one judge for pretrial proceedings.