Federal Judge Dismisses Clothing Boutique Owner’s Coronavirus Coverage Suit

Mealey's (June 29, 2022, 9:56 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A federal judge on June 24 granted a commercial property insurer’s motion to dismiss a clothing boutique operator’s breach of contract and declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking business interruption and property damage coverage for its losses arising from the coronavirus and subsequent shutdown orders, finding that the case “is indistinguishable” from Kim-Chee LLC v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co. where the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejected a similar argument by the insured....