Court Backs Southwest's Interpretation Of Loss In Outage Suit

By Hope Patti ( January 30, 2026, 3:02 PM EST) -- A Texas federal court handed Southwest Airlines Co. a win in its suit seeking $10 million in coverage for a 2016 computer outage under its excess cyber risk policy, agreeing that the term "but for" within the policy's definition of loss means "except for."...

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