Business Loss Claims Properly Denied Under Virus Exclusion, Insurer Argues

Mealey's (May 24, 2021, 10:50 AM EDT) -- SCRANTON, Pa. — Dismissal of an insured’s claims in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit against its insurer for failure to pay business losses stemming from Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s business closure order as part of the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is warranted because the insured failed to sufficiently plead any facts that would invoke “a reasonable expectation” of coverage for the claims he has made, the insurer argues in a May 10 motion to dismiss filed in Pennsylvania federal court....