Business Interruption Insurance
I’m getting ready to speak at an ABA-TIPS conference on the topic of business interruption insurance. Given the number of horrible tragedies we’ve been through in the past decade (prayers for all...
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In the last post, we took a look at the Dictiomatic case, in which the policyholder took a beating for overreaching on a business interruption claim. Turnabout being fair play, let’s now have a look...
View ArticleContingent Business Interruption Coverage
Here's a pretty good article from ABC news about how contingent business interruption coverage works. There have been a lot of questions about this coverage folowing the earthquake in Japan.
View ArticleExtreme business interruption insurance
Saw this post over at Property-Casualty 360 and got a kick out of it. Enjoy.
View ArticleBusiness interruption insurance and Hurricane Sandy
When Hurricane Sandy struck New Jersey last week, one of my out-of-state lawyer friends, employing the sort of dark humor that perhaps only other lawyers can appreciate, congratulated me on my “happy...
View ArticleInsurance claims and Superstorm Sandy
I recently got interviewed by Ed Beeson of the Newark Star-Ledger as part of his article about the looming Superstorm Sandy insurance coverage litigation. The insurance industry has definitely circled...
View ArticleHow to prove a business interruption loss
I once heard a veteran of the complex commercial litigation wars describe the process as follows. “Each side hires an expert,” he said, “and the preponderance of perjury prevails.” A cynical – if funny...
View ArticleCalculating Business Interruption Damages
When I was in college, there was an English professor named Frank Kinahan, who taught a class called “The Little Red Schoolhouse.” A lot of my fellow students (not me, of course!) apparently thought...
View Article"Ordinance or Law" Coverage for Costs of Repair
I was saddened to learn that Judge Ruggero Aldisert, formerly of the Third Circuit, recently passed away. I never had the privilege of appearing before Judge Aldisert, and I never met the man, but I...
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