Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Business’s UCL Claim For Denied Coronavirus Coverage

(July 14, 2022, 1:28 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appellate panel July 13 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 insurance policy by denying a claim for physical damage from the COVID-19 virus brought by a business forced to shut down during the pandemic, finding that the court improperly ruled based on its “disbelief” of the plaintiffs’ allegations....