COVID-19 Suit Dismissed Without Prejudice Due To 'Rapidly Evolving Legal Landscape'

Mealey's (September 25, 2020, 11:50 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal magistrate judge in California on Sept. 22 dismissed a waxing salon's lawsuit seeking coverage for its economic losses caused by the state's closure orders to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus, allowing the insured to amend all but two of their claims because of "the rapidly evolving legal landscape involving COVID-19 business interruption coverage" (Franklin EWC, Inc., et al. v. The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., et al., No. 20-04434, N.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 174010)....