Panel Affirms Ruling In Insurer’s Favor In Restaurants’ COVID-19 Coverage Suit

(September 20, 2022, 1:16 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals court panel on Sept. 16 affirmed a lower court’s grant of an insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in restaurant and bar insureds’ declaratory judgment lawsuit seeking coverage for their alleged business interruption losses arising from governmental orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insureds “provide no persuasive reason” to not follow the State & 9 Street v. Society Insurance decision that rejected the same arguments....