Judge:  How Can Insurer Be ‘So Certain’ That COVID-19 Was Not On Salon’s Premises?

Mealey's (May 12, 2021, 10:43 AM EDT) -- EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — A federal judge in Illinois on May 10 held that, for now, a hair salon insured has plausibly stated a cause of action that it is entitled to “Communicable Disease Business Income and Extra Expense Coverage” for its losses arising from the governmental shutdown of its business in response to the coronavirus pandemic, denying the insurer’s motion to dismiss the insured’s declaratory judgment lawsuit in its entirety....