Illinois High Court Denies Restaurant’s Appeal Petition In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's (October 5, 2022, 9:29 AM EDT) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court denied a restaurant insured’s petition for leave to appeal an appeals panel’s finding that it failed to allege a valid claim for contamination coverage under its commercial property insurance policy, leaving undisturbed the panel’s ruling that the insured’s declaratory judgment and bad faith lawsuit arising from the coronavirus pandemic may not proceed as a class action....