Kim-Chee LLC v. Yup Chagi Inc.

  1. March 25, 2022

    For Taekwondo Biz, COVID Coverage Row 'Just Another Fight'

    Law360 Insurance Authority readers may know his business as Kim-Chee LLC, the first name in the case caption of the Second Circuit's recent decision in favor of insurers in a wave of business interruption coverage suits stemming from the pandemic. But to Grand Master Chuck Gorino and his students, the business means so much more.

  2. March 16, 2022

    2nd Circ. Won't Rehear Taekwondo Studio's Virus Suit

    The full Second Circuit won't rehear an appeal from an upstate New York taekwondo studio, leaving in place a three-judge panel's decision in January against the policyholder seeking coverage for COVID-19-related losses.

  3. February 14, 2022

    Taekwondo Studio Seeks Full 2nd Circ. Panel In Virus Appeal

    An upstate New York taekwondo studio requested a full panel of Second Circuit judges reconsider its pandemic coverage suit, saying a three-judge panel improperly acted as fact-finders last month by ruling the coronavirus can't physically alter property.

  4. January 28, 2022

    2nd Circ. Strikes Down Taekwondo Studio's Virus Suit

    A panel of Second Circuit judges said Friday that an upstate New York taekwondo studio isn't entitled to coverage for its pandemic losses, another ruling from the appeals court to side with an insurer over questions of physical loss.

  5. November 19, 2021

    2nd Circ. Skeptical Of Coronavirus Physical Damage Claims

    A Second Circuit panel on Friday appeared perplexed as to how the alleged presence of the coronavirus at a Tae Kwon Do studio could cause covered physical damage under a property insurance policy, in the first appeal to address claims that the virus was on a policyholder's property.

  6. July 29, 2021

    Insurer Asks 2nd Circ. To Chop Martial Arts Studio's Virus Suit

    Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. urged the Second Circuit on Wednesday not to revive a New York martial arts studio's COVID-19 lawsuit for business losses that was tossed by a lower court in April.