8th Circuit Affirms No Coverage Owed For Missouri Synagogue’s Lost Business Income

Mealey's (April 8, 2022, 1:36 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on April 5 affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of a Missouri synagogue’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for its lost business income arising from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that its precedent in Oral Surgeons, PC v. Cincinnati Ins. Co. forecloses the insured’s argument that its closure constituted a direct physical loss of property....