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PA Supreme Court Denies “King’s Bench” Petition to Consolidate All COVID-19 Business Interruption Cases Pending in State Court

May 15, 2020July 9, 2020thecicrInsurance

By: Sean P. Mahoney and Ciaran B. Way On May 14, 2020, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court denied a Pittsburgh-based restaurant’s Emergency Application asking it to exercise its statutory and “King’s Bench” powers and assume plenary jurisdiction over the restaurant’s pending COVID-19 business interruption lawsuit filed against Erie Insurance Exchange and all similar COVID-19 business interruption…

Pa. Ruling Doesn’t Support COVID-19 Biz Interruption Claims

April 30, 2020July 9, 2020thecicrInsurance

By: Anthony L. Miscioscia and Timothy A. Carroll “These are, safe to say, uncertain times,” Siobhan Roberts, a science journalist, recently wrote for the New York Times, referencing the COVID-19 pandemic. And yet, while the times may be uncertain, what the pandemic has not fundamentally altered are certain well-established legal standards governing first-party claims for…