Can an intentional act be considered an accident in certain circumstances?

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit looked to its sister circuits last week when considering whether a district court erred in dismissing a plaintiff's malpractice claim for failing to file an arbitration declaration requirement under Washington state law.

The 10th Cir. joins a growing list of appeals courts siding with Insurers in COVID-19 business interruption cases.

The Cincinnati Insurance Co. Inc., does not have to pay a Kansas City restaurant management group that was forced to close at least nine restaurants as a result of coronavirus stay-at-home orders, a jury decided last week in a Missouri federal court.