Federal Judge Rules For Insurer In Hampton Hotel Owner’s COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's (July 2, 2021, 10:41 AM EDT) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal judge in Oklahoma on June 28 granted an insurer’s motion for summary judgment in a declaratory judgment lawsuit brought by the owner and operator of a Hampton Inn seeking overage for its losses arising from the slowdown of its business in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the term “direct physical loss” is not ambiguous and that the insurer’s “proffered interpretation is the only reasonable one.”...