Mealey's ( April 7, 2021, 11:02 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A franchisee of Outback Steakhouse restaurants in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and California and its parent and affiliated companies on April 1 filed a notice of appeal in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging a lower court’s finding that they have failed to plausibly allege “direct physical loss of or damage to” their property to trigger coverage under the policy in a coronavirus coverage suit....