Contamination Exclusion Fatal To Claims, N.J. Judge Rules In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

(October 19, 2021, 1:14 PM EDT) -- BERGEN, N.J. — A New Jersey judge on Oct. 18 granted a health care property insurer’s motion to dismiss a breach of contract and declaratory judgment lawsuit brought by its health care provider insureds, finding that the insureds failed to satisfy their burden of demonstrating that there was a direct physical loss or damage to their property, and that the policy’s contamination exclusion bars all coverage....