Citing ‘Very Different’ Policy, Judge Partly Rules For Insured In Coronavirus Coverage Suit

Mealey's (June 24, 2022, 9:26 AM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — Partially granting a real estate trust insured’s motion for partial summary judgment in its breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for its business interruption losses arising from the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge in California on June 15 held that the insured’s “very different” insurance policy has to be interpreted “to encapsulate the very thing for which” the insured seeks coverage....