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Judge rules businesses can sue insurers for coronavirus losses
The coronavirus has upended lives and businesses around the globe. From business interruption and supply chain disruption to event and travel cancellations, we are only just seeing the beginning stages of COVID-19's impact. These articles provide valuable insights on insurance coverage, preparation tips and more to help individuals and businesses reduce exposures as the virus spreads.
Commercial enterprises are not the only insurance policyholders facing obstacles to accessing coverage for COVID-19-related financial losses. Many individuals, too, face an uphill battle for coverage under their homeowners policies, as recent appeals court decisions demonstrate.
“Legal Sea Foods isn’t taking no for an answer,” began a May 4 Boston Globe article, reporting on the restaurant chain’s lawsuit against its commercial property insurance company, which allegedly denied the chain’s claim for business-interruption losses on account of a COVID-19-related closure order. Legal Sea Foods is not alone in that endeavor. As recently reported, including by this publication, numerous restaurants, bars, and other businesses are taking their business-interruption coverage claims to court.
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