Retailer Files Coronavirus Class Suit Seeking Business Income, Extra Expense Coverage

Mealey's (April 30, 2020, 1:24 PM EDT) -- SAN DIEGO — A California retailer on April 28 brought a federal class action against its insurer, alleging breach of contract and seeking a declaration that business interruption losses incurred by compliance with civil authority orders in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic triggered business income, civil authority and extra expense coverage under the national class and California subclasses’ all-risk commercial property insurance policies (Pigment Inc. v. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., et al., No. 20-00794, C.D. Calif.)....