Washington High Court:  Loss Of Use Due To Proclamation Did Not Trigger Coverage

(August 26, 2022, 10:53 AM EDT) -- OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington Supreme Court held Aug. 25 that Gov. Jay Inslee’s proclamation prohibiting nonemergency dental care in response to the coronavirus pandemic did not trigger coverage under a property insurance policy, affirming a lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of an insurer in a dental practice insured’s declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking coverage for its business income loss....