No Coverage For Hospital’s Loss Of $8M In Sterile Medical Supplies, Panel Affirms

Mealey's (January 4, 2022, 1:52 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held Dec. 29 that a hospital’s covered and noncovered perils were interdependent and, therefore, the concurrent-causation doctrine bars recovery for its $8 million in lost sterile medical supplies, affirming a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the insurer....