Disney Insurers Sue Production Fees When Hollywood Reboot “Second Wave Claims.”
Given the risk of COVID-19 infection, is Disney intentionally harming the actors and crew of its films and TV shows? There’s a lawsuit pending from the fire service fund.
Who’s going to file a part on additional costs for producing movies and TV shows in late 2020, when state governments are loosening hold on orders, but infections have been on the rise? That’s an essential question that the Fire Fund will answer in a significant lawsuit against Disney on Thursday.
Insurance companies will at least partially reimburse Disney for the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic as the Fire Department Fund agrees that civil coverage has been triggered. Then the state authorities made it impossible to resume production. Disney believes other policies have been started, but the big battle has to do with what they call “second wave claims.”
Here’s how the lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles Supreme Court describes the “second wave” of the COVID-19 pandemic:
“After a few months, the suspension orders were gradually changed, allowing production to resume. However, different jurisdictions have requirements, including, for example, frequent testing and quarantine of roles and crew members in the event of exposure. The restrictions have led to more exclusions, more fees, and more claims. “
The Fire Fund cites the example of a non-essential crew member having personal contact with a film director and then reporting an infection that required an expensive 14-day break. Who pays? According to the lawsuit, Disney is demanding $10 million from this second wave of claims.
Disney wants cast coverage to apply here, but the Fire Fund says otherwise that healthy cast quarantined by exposure alone will not trigger this policy.
Disney wants civilian coverage to be implemented here. Still, the Fire Fund says testing and quarantine aren’t the same things if the government doesn’t allow it not to use the facility. Disney wanted the impending danger coverage to apply here, but Fireman’s funding has been well received.