On Reconsideration, Judge Grants Insurer’s Motion To Dismiss COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's (November 15, 2022, 2:27 PM EST) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Granting an insurer’s motion for reconsideration, a federal judge in Illinois said the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals “has spoken” and the court must follow Seventh Circuit precedent that an insured’s losses arising from the governmental shutdown of its business in response to the coronavirus pandemic are “simply not covered” under the insurance policy’s “Communicable Disease” provision....