In the MiLB suit, the teams invoke multiple grounds for coverage. For one thing, the minor league teams don't actually employ or manage their players. Instead, the players are supplied by Major League Baseball teams through player development contracts — and that hasn't happened this year. (Credit: Shutterstock)
Andy Sandler, the owner of the North Carolina-based Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, and insurance litigator Robin Cohen, who heads McKool Smith's insurance recovery practice, filed suit on behalf of 15 minor league teams in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for breach (or anticipatory breach) of contract, demanding that the ball clubs' insurers pay up for business interruption coverage.
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Jenna Greene
Jenna Greene is editor of The Litigation Daily and author of the "Daily Dicta" column. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and can be reached at [email protected].
