⚠ NEW YORK COVID-19 #BUSINESSINTERRUPTION CASE UPDATE ⚠

The "score" in New York on COVID-19 #businessinterruption coverage lawsuits, where "direct physical loss" or "direc...

Toll or Suspension? The New York Appellate Division, Second Department, Weighs In

CIVIL PROCEDURE  – COVID-19 EXECUTIVE ORDERS – SUSPENSION OR TOLL? Brash v. Richards (2nd Dept., 6/2/2021) I've posed the question here ...

COVID-19 Business Interruption Coverage Cases Decided Under New York Law -- 18-0 for Insurers

June 6, 2021 ~~ To date, 18 courts (14 federal/4 state)  applying New York law have issued decisions on motions in COVID-19 business inter...

So When Can I Close My File? Calculating New York's COVID-19 Toll

 A claim handling client asked me today on what date the statute of limitations for a third-party personal injury claim that would have expi...

The Key to Winning COVID-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits?

I was interviewed last Friday and quoted this morning in Jim Sams' article for the  Claims Journal , entitled "The Key to Winning C...

COVID-19 Business Interruption Analytics -- Metrics for Six Dozen Litigation Rulings (To Date)

 It was in mid-April that I got the call.  I was being drafted to a team of attorneys from over a dozen jurisdictions to defend one of my in...

Toll or Nothing -- Free Webinar on November 3, 2020 to Review & Discuss NY's "COVID-19 Toll"

Join us on Tuesday, November 3, 2020 at 2:00 PM ET  for a free webinar to review and discuss NY's "COVD-19 Toll", set to expir...

*** COVID-19 BI LITIGATION RULINGS BY THE NUMBERS *** (through Oct. 29, 2020)

I have seen a "scorecard that, together with the cases that I and others on LinkedIn have reported , tallies the COVID-19 business inte...

This Is Your Last Tolling! -- Executive Order No. 202.67 Extends COVID-19 Tolling of Procedural Time Limits Through November 4, 2020

For the  sixth  time since New York's COVID-19 toll of "any specific time limit for the commencement, filing, or service of any leg...

Another (x5) 30 Days in the Toll -- Executive Order No. 202.60 Continues COVID-19 Tolling of Procedural Time Limits Through October 4, 2020

At least the Governor's office didn't wait until tomorrow morning at 6:11 AM this time.    For the fifth time since New York's ...

The Jenner Complaint

It's been dubbed "the Jenner complaint" and, last I knew, has been filed in Illinois and New York state courts. It's an e...

DC Court Grants Summary Judgment to Commercial Property Insurer on COVID-19 Business Interruption Claim

* * * SPECIAL ALERT * * * This afternoon the Superior Court of the District of Columbia granted summary judgment to Erie Insurance Exchange,...

When Did the New York Courts Reopen?

A client asked me today when the New York courts “reopened” from their COVID-19 shutdown. After speaking with that client I determined he wa...

For Whom the New York Prescribed Procedural Limitations Period Tolls -- New York Executive Order 202.48

Just shy of 9:00 PM tonight (July 6, 2020), someone using a Ricoh IM C6000  (show  Document Properties ) scanned  Governor Andrew Cuomo'...