Judgment Denying COVID-19 Coverage Claim Will Not Be Amended, Federal Judge Rules

Mealey's (October 25, 2021, 9:11 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE— A federal judge in Washington on Oct. 7 denied a hotel owner’s motion to amend the judge’s prior judgment dismissing its lawsuit challenging an insurer’s denial of coverage for COVID-19-related losses, finding that even if the hotel owner’s scientific evidence that the coronavirus was airborne was “newly discovered evidence,” the claim would fail because the hotel owner could not show that the coronavirus causes lasting damage to property....