In Gore and Associates Management Company, Inc. v. SLSCO Ltd., — F.4th —, 2025 WL 2938795 (2025), Plaintiff Gore and Associates Management Company sued Defendant SLSCO Ltd. and its surety, Hartford Fire Insurance Company, as an assignee, for alleged financial losses Gore’s subcontractors (all LLCs) sustained after SLSCO and Hartford Fire allegedly failed to
Property
COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases Reach the End of the Road, with Mixed Results
By Wystan Ackerman on
The Supreme Courts of Pennsylvania and North Carolina have issued two of what are presumably the last state supreme court decisions in COVID-19 business interruption insurance cases. While they reached split results (with the Pennsylvania court ruling for the insurer and the North Carolina court ruling for policyholders in a case without a virus exclusion)…
Appraisal First, or Else
By Scott T. Garosshen on
Posted in Ninth Circuit, Property
Trying to skip straight to court past the mandatory appraisal clause in an insurance policy runs into the brick wall of a dismissal for lack of ripeness.
In 50 Exchange Terrace LLC v. Mount Vernon Specialty Insurance Company, 129 F.4th 1186 (9th Cir. 2025), the Ninth Circuit recently considered a policyholder’s creative attempt to…