Known Loss Doctrine Bars Business Interruption Coverage, Illinois Panel Affirms

(January 13, 2020, 4:39 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel on Jan. 10 affirmed a lower court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a business owners insurer based on the known loss doctrine because the insured knew that a construction project prompted by building code violations would cause a loss of business income before the inception of its insurance policy and the insured failed to disclose the construction project to the insurer (Dining Heritage, Inc. v. Leading Insurance Group Insurance Company, Ltd., et al., Ill. App., 1st Dist., 5th Div., 2020 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 22)....