{"id":5422,"date":"2020-04-22T07:43:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T07:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/22\/ammons-law-firm-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-insurance-company-for-failure-to-pay-coronavirus-related-business-interruption-claims\/"},"modified":"2020-04-22T07:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T07:43:29","slug":"ammons-law-firm-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-insurance-company-for-failure-to-pay-coronavirus-related-business-interruption-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/ammons-law-firm-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-insurance-company-for-failure-to-pay-coronavirus-related-business-interruption-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Ammons Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Insurance Company for Failure to Pay Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"xn-location\">HOUSTON<\/span>,&nbsp;The Ammons Law Firm has filed one of the country&#8217;s first class action lawsuits against an insurance company for failure to pay coronavirus-related claims.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, brought by a restaurant and bakery in&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Las Cruces, New Mexico<\/span>, alleges that Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary of CNA Financial Corporation that handles their property insurance operations, failed to honor its insurance contract and pay on the restaurant&#8217;s business interruption, civil authority, extra expense, and &#8220;sue and labor&#8221; coverages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing an unprecedented number of businesses reaching out to us that are immediately being denied coverage for their business interruption insurance they have paid, in some cases, hundreds of thousands of dollars a year for,&#8221; says&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-person\">Rob Ammons<\/span>, lead attorney for the class action.&nbsp; &#8220;We are filing this to let business owners know that they deserve to get what they paid for.&nbsp; These insurance companies cannot be allowed to bankrupt businesses trying to re-enter the economy after the quarantine is over just to protect their bottom line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a class action lawsuit, one or a small group of plaintiffs brings the lawsuit on behalf of all people or businesses who are in the same position as the plaintiffs. This lawsuit asks the court to determine whether Continental wrongfully denied all claims based on COVID-19; whether the insurance contract applies to a business suspension caused by COVID-19; and whether Continental breached the insurance contract by denying all claims based on business interruption, income loss, or closures related to COVID-19 and the related closures.<\/p>\n<p>The Ammons Law Firm is a&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">Houston<\/span>-based firm with a nationwide practice handling COVID Insurance cases.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit is Cafe Plaza de Mesilla Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co., in&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>&nbsp;District Court for the District of&nbsp;<span class=\"xn-location\">New Mexico<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ammonslaw.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.ammonslaw.com<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Ammons Law Firm<br \/>\nwww.ammonslaw.com<br \/>\nCase number: 2:20-cv-00354, U.S.<br \/>\nDistrict Court for the District of New Mexico<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/legal-newswire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Legal Newswire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Ammons Law Firm<br \/>\nwww.ammonslaw.com<br \/>\nCase number: 2:20-cv-00354, U.S. <br \/>\nDistrict Court for the District of New Mexico<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOUSTON,&nbsp;The Ammons Law Firm has filed one of the country&rsquo;s first class action lawsuits against an insurance company for failure to pay coronavirus-related claims. The lawsuit, brought by a restaurant and bakery in&nbsp;Las Cruces, New Mexico, alleges that Continental Casualty Company, a subsidiary of CNA Financial Corporation that handles their property insurance operations, failed to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/04\/22\/ammons-law-firm-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-insurance-company-for-failure-to-pay-coronavirus-related-business-interruption-claims\/\">Continue reading <span>Ammons Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Insurance Company for Failure to Pay Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Claims<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/ammons-law-firm-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-insurance-company-for-failure-to-pay-coronavirus-related-business-interruption-claims\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-legal-newswire","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ammons Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Insurance Company for Failure to Pay Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Claims - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/04\/22\/ammons-law-firm-files-class-action-lawsuit-against-insurance-company-for-failure-to-pay-coronavirus-related-business-interruption-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ammons Law Firm Files Class Action Lawsuit Against Insurance Company for Failure to Pay Coronavirus-Related Business Interruption Claims - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"HOUSTON,&nbsp;The Ammons Law Firm has filed one of the country&rsquo;s first class action lawsuits against an insurance company for failure to pay coronavirus-related claims. 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