June 16, 2022
A California federal judge rejected Endurance American Specialty Insurance's attempt to limit its coverage of COVID-19-related losses to the operator of the Boston Marriott Long Wharf, the site of one of the pandemic's first major "super-spreader" events.
March 21, 2022
The Boston Marriott tied to one of the pandemic's first major "super-spreader" events told a California federal court that its insurer's victory bid amounted to the latest action in an "ever-evolving effort" to avoid paying out virus coverage under its policy.
March 01, 2022
A Boston Marriott's covered business interruption losses tied to a COVID-19 superspreader event extended for a full year, rather than just two days, as the hotel's insurer has argued, the Marriott investor group told a California federal judge.
July 07, 2021
A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to determine the exact time period during which a Boston Marriott incurred covered business interruption losses tied to a COVID-19 superspreader event, holding that a more developed record is needed to show how long the hotel was closed.
June 11, 2021
An insurer said Thursday it's too soon for a Boston hotel investor group to declare it's owed up to a year of coverage for losses tied to a COVID-19 superspreader event, telling a California federal judge that discovery could cap the coverage period at two days.
May 18, 2021
A Boston hotel investor group asked a California federal judge to throw out an insurer's claims that it would only be responsible for two days of coverage during which the hotel hosted a conference later linked to over 300,000 COVID-19 cases worldwide.
March 01, 2021
A California federal judge has ruled that Endurance American Specialty Insurance Co. cannot escape a $40 million suit brought by a Boston hotel's investor group seeking COVID-19 loss coverage, finding that the investors were not required to meet a $100,000 deductible for cleanup costs before tapping into business interruption coverage.
January 11, 2021
Endurance American Specialty Insurance Co. urged a California federal court to toss a $40 million suit seeking COVID-19 loss coverage from a Boston hotel's investor group, arguing coverage is not triggered since the insured never satisfied the policy's $100,000 retention.
November 16, 2020
The investor group behind the Boston hotel that hosted the country's first superspreader event has opened a $40 million suit against its insurer in a California federal court, contending that it was wrongly denied coverage of losses related to COVID-19 given its policy's inclusion of virus-related claims.