Illinois Panel Issues 4 Rulings In Favor Of Insurer In COVID-19 Coverage Suits

(August 23, 2022, 12:30 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel on Aug. 19 issued four orders in favor of Society Insurance in four lawsuits brought by Chicago area restaurant and bar owners seeking coverage for their business interruption losses arising from the governmental orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insureds’ contentions of error are nearly identical to the those recently rejected in State & 9 Street, 2022 IL App (1st) 211222-U, and the insureds provide “no persuasive reason” to decline to follow that holding....