Judge: Hotel’s Water Damage, Business Income Loss From Windstorm Are Covered

Mealey's (March 9, 2020, 10:07 AM EDT) -- BALTIMORE — A federal judge in Maryland on March 5 found that a hotel’s damage caused by a windstorm, excluding the damage to its defective roof, is an ensuing loss under an insurance policy and, therefore, an insurer owes coverage for the hotel’s water damage and loss of business income (Bethany Boardwalk Group LLC v. Everest Security Insurance Company, No. 18-3918, D. Md., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 38427)....