A commentary on insurance coverage issues in Hawaii and beyond
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court refused to grant an injunction to the insurer to prevent a pending suit in Washington state. North Am. Elite Ins. Co. v. Space Needle, LLC, 2021 N.Y. LEXIS 6792(N.Y. App. Div. Dec. 2, 2021).
In 2019 Seattle based Space Needle, LLC procured a…
The Ohio Court of Common Pleas granted the insured's motion for summary judgment, denied the insurer's motion for summary judgment and and set the COVID-19, business interruption case for trial on damages. McKinley Dev. Leasing Co. v. Westfield Ins. Co., 2021 Ohio Misc. LEXIS 885 (Ohio Ct. Pleas Nov. 14, 2021).
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The insurer's effort to dismiss the insured's collapse case by motion for summary judgment failed. Bitters v. Nationwide Gen. Ins. Co., 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 228523 (E.D. Pa. Nov. 30, 2021).
The insured alleged that there was a "sudden and accidental direct physical loss" to his home caused by collapse…
