Panel: Contamination Exclusion Bars Time Element Loss Coverage In Coronavirus Suit

Mealey's (July 20, 2022, 9:50 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — The Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 6 affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling that an insurance policy’s contamination exclusion bars coverage for a power-conveyance and energy management solutions provider’s lawsuit seeking coverage under the policy’s time element provision for its business interruption expenses related to the coronavirus, finding that the policy’s plain language demonstrates that the exclusion applies to the time element section....