Judge Closes COVID-19 Coverage Suit After Certifying Question To Ohio High Court

(January 25, 2021, 1:18 PM EST) -- YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on Jan. 21 entered a judgment administratively closing a coronavirus coverage lawsuit two days after certifying to the Ohio Supreme Court the question of whether “the general presence in the community, or on surfaces at a premises, of the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2” constitutes “direct physical loss or damage to property; or does the presence on a premises of a person infected with COVID-19 constitute direct physical loss or damage to property at that premises?”...