Insurance,
Civil Litigation
Aug. 13, 2020
Denial of coverage cases too varied for coordination, multidistrict litigation panel rules
The five-judge panel in Washington, D.C. held back on combining what would have been the largest coordinated multidistrict litigation in history, comprising more than 175 lawsuits with hundreds of billions of dollars at stake.
Lawsuits by businesses against insurers over denial of coverage as a result of the coronavirus and government shutdown orders vary too much to be coordinated into one nationwide proceeding, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ruled Wednesday.
The five-judge panel in Washington, D.C. held back on combining what would have been the largest coordinated multidistrict litigation (MDL) in history, comprising more than 175 l...
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