Panel:  Virus Exclusion Bars Coverage For California Venue Owner’s Business Losses

Mealey's (May 4, 2022, 8:39 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on May 2 held that a California venue owner insured cannot demonstrate that the government's response to the coronavirus was the product of anything other than the virus, affirming a lower federal court’s ruling that the insurance policy’s virus exclusion precludes coverage for its claim for business losses....