Insurer Says District Court’s Ruling On COVID-19 Losses Must Be Affirmed

Mealey's ( May 27, 2021, 4:12 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A district court correctly found that an insured restaurant chain’s claim for loss of business income caused by shutdown orders issued by state governors in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic is not covered because the decision is clearly supported by the insurance policy’s language and because the policy’s contamination exclusion bars coverage, an insurer says in a May 26 appellee brief filed in the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....