N.C. Panel Reverses Ruling In Restaurants’ Favor In Coronavirus Coverage Suit

Mealey's (July 12, 2022, 4:18 PM EDT) -- RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals panel on July 5 reversed a lower court’s grant of partial summary judgment in favor of restaurant insureds in a coronavirus coverage dispute, finding that governmental orders that temporarily restricted the scope of the insureds’ restaurant operations did not constitute direct physical loss or property damage to trigger coverage under their “all-risk” insurance policies....