Federal Judge Dismisses New York Catering Company’s Coronavirus Coverage Suit

Mealey's (March 9, 2021, 1:19 PM EST) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge in New York on March 8 entered judgment in a lawsuit alleging that an insurer breached a business owners insurance policy when it denied coverage for a catering company insured’s business losses as a result of government-ordered restrictions in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insured has failed to sufficiently plead facts to demonstrate that it incurred a direct physical loss of or physical damage to its property within the meaning of the policy....