Panel Publishes Reversal Of Dismissal Of UCL Claim For Denied COVID-19 Coverage

(January 10, 2023, 10:55 AM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel granted an amicus curiae’s request to publish its earlier ruling reversing a trial court’s grant of an insurer’s demurrer to claims that it violated California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by denying an Italian restaurant’s 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.”...