The first lawsuit and first tried case regarding the business interruption issues related to COVID-19 was won by the insurance carrier.Here is a copy of the brief Order finding in favor of the insurer.Regardless of the outcome, my hat is off to John Houghtaling for bringing the action and being a relentless advocate for policyholders in the courtroom and in the halls of Congress.

He deserves to receive the Policyholder Attorney of the Year at the Win The Storm Conference which will be held in New Orleans at the end of the month.A list of the briefing is as follows: Memorandum in Support of Peremptory Exception Plaintiff’s Opposition to Lloyd’s Peremptory Exception Lloyd’s Reply Brief in Support of Peremptory Exception Lloyd’s Amended Exception Plaintiff’s Sur-Reply to Lloyd’s Amended Exception Judgment on Exception Judgment Denying Lloyd’s Motion for Summary Judgment Lloyd’s Motion in Limine Plaintiff’s Opposition to Motion in Limine Lloyd’s Reply Memorandum in Support of Motion in Limine Plaintiff’s Proposed Judgment on Lloyd’s Motion in Limine Lloyd’s Post-Trial Memorandum Plaintiff’s Post-Trial Memorandum A list of some of the depositions are here: Moe Bader Gregory Donoian Brian Flinn Ethan Gow Lemuel Moye, M.D., Ph.D.Moye Expert Report Sara Raley Allison Stock Tiffany Thoman Here is a link for our Livecast at 2:30 EST today.

Thought For The Day Like the tangled veins of cypress roots that meander this way and that in the swamp, everything in New Orleans is interrelated, wrapped around itself in ways that aren’t always obvious.—Dr.John