On Reconsideration, Judge Affirms Refusal To Dismiss Lakers’ COVID Coverage Suit

Mealey's (October 28, 2022, 2:18 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — Granting an insurer’s motion for reconsideration, a federal judge in California again affirmed the court’s refusal to dismiss the Los Angeles Lakers’ first amended complaint to the extent that the claims are based on a commercial property insurance policy’s property damage clause, finding the court lacks the scientific expertise necessary to determine, based solely on the Lakers’ amended complaint, that it is not plausible for the insured’s property to have been physically altered by the coronavirus....