Panel: No Coverage For Planet Fitness Franchisees’ Losses Arising From Coronavirus

Mealey's (June 7, 2022, 4:20 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on June 2 affirmed a lower federal court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of a commercial property insurer in a coronavirus coverage dispute, finding that the losses incurred by the owners and operators of four Florida Planet Fitness franchise locations did not constitute “direct physical loss of or damage to” their property....