Majority: Salon Alleged Facts To Trigger Coverage Under Civil Authority Endorsement

Mealey's (September 14, 2022, 9:04 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A majority of a California appeals court on Aug. 25 held that a Los Angeles salon asserted facts sufficient to trigger coverage under an insurance policy’s civil authority endorsement and that the policy’s mold exclusion is inapplicable, reversing a lower court’s judgment against the insured in its coverage lawsuit arising from the coronavirus pandemic....