Judge Rules For Insurers In Dental Practices’ Class Action Over COVID-19 Coverage

Mealey's (February 18, 2021, 10:31 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal judge in Missouri on Feb. 16 held that “the great weight of authority supports” insurers’ argument that “direct physical loss of” requires that “some physical event” occurs on the insureds’ properties, granting the insurers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings in a breach of contract and bad faith coverage lawsuit arising from the novel coronavirus pandemic....