9th Circuit Grants Restaurants’ Motion To Dismiss Appeal In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's ( October 8, 2024, 2:16 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 7 granted a motion by owners, operators and managers of two Napa Valley, Calif., restaurants to dismiss their appeal in a coronavirus coverage dispute after the California Supreme Court dismissed its consideration of the Ninth Circuit’s certified question asking whether an insurance policy’s virus exclusion is unenforceable....