R.I. Justice: COVID-19 Is Not Capable Of Causing Physical Loss Or Damage ‘Full Stop’

(April 1, 2022, 2:14 PM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A Rhode Island justice on March 29  granted a commercial property insurer’s motion for summary judgment in an insured’s breach of contract lawsuit seeking coverage for its losses arising from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the presence of employees at insured locations who either tested positive for or were suspected to have the coronavirus does not establish that the insured suffered “physical loss or damage” to its locations as a matter of law....