Panel: Insureds Fail To Allege Physical Alteration To California Movie Theaters

(May 3, 2023, 11:27 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California appeals panel held that movie theater owner insureds have failed to allege a covered loss under their “‘all risk’” commercial property and general liability insurance policy because they have not demonstrated a physical alteration of their insured property, affirming a lower court’s grant of the insurer’s motion for judgment on the pleadings in the insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from the coronavirus pandemic....