Liability insurance scope tested by strip club

Posted on July 05^th 2010

A test case in the claims against BP in the US will ask one of the questions everyone wants to hear the answer to about the extent of liability: how far removed can you be from a disaster before being able to put in a liability insurance claim?

No-one would argue that people whose property and livelihood have been directly affected by the Gulf of Mexico disaster cannot make a claim. But a test case that's likely to come to court involves a strip club in New Orleans.

They argue that they should be able to put in a liability claim as fishermen can no longer afford to come to the club, leading to a detrimental effect on their trade. Whether the lawyers allow the case to be bought will be of interest to liability insurance customers everywhere.

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