Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Restaurant’s UCL Claim For Denial Of COVID-19 Coverage

Mealey's (December 16, 2022, 1:42 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate court panel reversed a trial court’s grant of an insurer’s demurrer to claims that it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) and breached an Italian restaurant’s business interruption insurance policy by denying a claim for physical damage from the COVID-19 virus based on the restaurant’s forced closure, writing that the claims were “sufficient to withstand demurrer.”...