Justice Tosses Counterclaims, All But 1 Affirmative Defense In COVID-19 Dispute

(April 1, 2022, 1:19 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A New York justice on March 31 granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss a restaurant owner’s declaratory judgment, breach of contract and unjust enrichment counterclaims in the insurer’s lawsuit disputing coverage for the insured’s alleged losses arising from the coronavirus pandemic, further dismissing all but one of the insured’s affirmative defenses....