Businesses across the country – seeking to recoup losses resulting from COVID-19 and related government closure orders – sought coverage under their insurance policies for business interruption [...]
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COVID-19 and its aftermath has caused businesses large and small to reassess many aspects of normal operations, including supply chain risks, liquidity constraints, overhead and fixed costs and [...]
You may have claims for property damage, business interruption, and contingent business interruption. Liability coverage, extra expense coverage, coverage for losses caused by civil authority [...]
On April 3, 2020, Pennsylvania introduced House Bill 2372 which is an “act providing for insurance coverage for business interruption.” The bill is similar to legislative measures [...]
On Sunday, the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Department of Health issued new standards for building cleanliness to protect the public health. The new order applies to all buildings with at least [...]
Businesses which are not categorized as life-sustaining or otherwise received a waiver from the Commonwealth have until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 3 to seek an exemption from Governor Wolf’s [...]
As explained in a previous blog post, a force majeure clause is a contractual allocation of risk that potentially excuses a party’s performance under a contract upon the occurrence of [...]
Everyone is now aware that Governor Wolf has ordered that all non-life sustaining places of business are to be closed with no date given for when they may re-open. Late on Friday, the Governor [...]
In addition to protecting the health and safety of their employees and customers, many businesses may be questioning whether they have insurance coverage for coronavirus-related losses. The [...]
This may be heresy but, sometimes, mediation won’t work. The plaintiffs think they have the best case in the world, the best lawyers in the world and they can’t lose. Their lawyers [...]
