January 28, 2025 in Case Summaries

Jeff Levinger led a team of trial and appellate lawyers in a successful effort to overturn a $14.5 million judgment in favor of Baylor College of Medicine after a jury found that their clients, a group of property insurers, had wrongly denied coverage for business interruption and other losses associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.  Relying on a series of state and federal cases from around the country, the Houston Fourteenth Court of Appeals held that the evidence was legally insufficient to show that COVID-19 had caused “direct physical loss of or damage” to Baylor’s property within the unambiguous meaning of those policy terms.  Lloyd’s Syndicate 1967, et al v. Baylor College of Medicine, No. 14-22-00925-CV, 2025 WL 309722 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 28, 2025, pet. filed) (mem. op.).

Courts:  Texas Intermediate Courts; Texas Supreme Court

Subject Matter:  Business Litigation