Christina Arnone

Experience

• Represented a commercial real estate owner in securing recovery on a $20 million+ claim for fire-related losses to a large shopping center set ablaze during the civil unrest following the murder of George Floyd, Jr.
• Successful representation of financial services client in claim against cyber insurers arising from ransomware attack and data breach involving theft of customer confidential information and resulting class action litigation
• Helped secure more than $250 million in insurance proceeds for hundreds of clergy sexual abuse claims as insurance coverage counsel to the Unsecured Creditors' Committees in the bankruptcies of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, the Diocese of Duluth, the Diocese of New Ulm, the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, and the Archdiocese of Agaña in Guam. Christina has also served as insurance counsel for the creditors' committees for the Diocese of Syracuse, New York and the Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Developed and applied models to allocate exposure among more than a dozen insurers over a period spanning 70+ years. Recovered evidence of missing policies in two bankruptcies providing additional potential assets of $100+ million. Negotiated settlements with insurers and terms of bankruptcy reorganization acceptable to the debtors, the insurers, affiliated non-bankrupt entities, creditors and the court. Negotiated a joint plan of reorganization first of its kind in a Diocesan bankruptcy to preserve rights of the Diocese and its creditors to insurance assets from a non-settling insurer after plan confirmation, and to provide a pathway to post-confirmation litigation of creditors' claims
• Insurance trial counsel for the Unsecured Creditors' Committee for the bankruptcy of the Archdiocese of Agaña during a multi-week trial over the plan of reorganization filed by the Boy Scouts of America, before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Insurance counsel for Unsecured Creditors' Committee in bankruptcy of correctional healthcare company
• Successfully prosecuted a lawsuit against a commercial property insurer on behalf of a chain of pawn shops for property damage caused by civil unrest precipitated by the murder of George Floyd, Jr., in a case involving the appropriate number of policy deductibles for incidents of civil unrest and rioting
• Successful resolution of two lawsuits for employer's liability and general liability insurance coverage arising out of multiple explosion-related bodily injury lawsuits against energy industry clients
• Successfully prosecuted lawsuit for hail damage to 35 buildings at residential complex on behalf of property owner
• Successful resolution of $25 million property insurance loss resulting from fire
• Successful prosecution and resolution of lawsuit against property insurer for losses to construction materials at jobsite
• Successful resolution of multimillion dollar business interruption insurance claim arising from a mass shooting
• Successful representation of multiple food manufacturers that secured millions of dollars in recoveries under product contamination/recall insurance policies for losses arising from pathogen contamination
• Successful recovery of more than $1 million from property insurer that failed to honor bank's loss payee rights with respect to damages from microburst
• Advised REIT in securing two $5 million+ recoveries from property insurers as a result of fire and flood-related losses
• Successful resolution of $5 million property insurance claim resulting from structural collapse
• Represented large Kansas City company in obtaining $31.3 million verdict for misappropriation of trade secrets
• Obtained summary judgment, affirmed by the Eighth Circuit, on breach of contract claim by former bank executive for not paying a "golden parachute" payment
• Argued before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on claim arising under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution

News

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, Sound Advice, "Business Interruption Coverage for Ransomware Attacks and Data Breaches," Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee, American Bar Association, April 2023

Program Chair and Panelist, "Lifting the Bar: Negotiating Coverage for Sexual Abuse Claims and Navigating Bankruptcy Resulting From Statute of Limitations Legislation," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, Tucson, AZ, March 2020

"Recurring Issues in Establishing and Valuing Business Interruption Claims," paper for ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, Tucson, AZ, March 2017

Program Chair and Panelist, "It's All About the Benjamins: How Policyholders Can Work with Brokers, Claims Consultants, and Insurers to Minimize Delay and Maximize Recovery for Complex Property and Business Interruption Losses," ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, Tucson, AZ, March 2017

Women Corporate Directors, Kansas City Chapter D&O Insurance and Indemnification, May 2016

Selected Insurance Issues Relevant in Commercial Lending, July 2015

Business Liability Insurance Basics: Scope and Recurring Issues, January 2015

Publications

"Civil Unrest Insurance Coverage: Fundamental Issues," LexisNexis Practical Guidance, February 2022

"Lifting the Bar: Negotiating Coverage for Sexual Abuse Claims and Navigating Bankruptcy Resulting From Statute of Limitations Legislation," paper for ABA Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee Seminar, Tucson, AZ, March 2020

"Force Majeure and the Coronavirus (COVID-19)," Stinson's Government Contracting Blog, March 2020

"Proving Lost Business Income for Manufacturers Without Clearly Identifiable Lost Sales," published in ABA's Coverage Magazine, Spring 2018