9th Circuit Partly Affirms, Partly Vacates Ruling In Coverage Suit Over Lost Rent

( May 14, 2024, 1:10 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that unpaid rent, late fees and government fines did not trigger “property damage” coverage under a commercial general liability insurance policy but vacated the lower court’s application of the policy’s leased property exclusion and remanded for consideration of the appellant’s new evidence....