8th Circuit: Dental Practices Fail To Allege ‘Physicality’ In COVID-19 Coverage Suit

Mealey's (July 12, 2022, 12:56 PM EDT) -- ST. LOUIS — The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 7 affirmed a lower federal judge’s grant of insurers’ motion for judgment on the pleadings in a breach of contract and bad faith coverage lawsuit arising from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insureds limited their dental services as a precautionary measure and not because the coronavirus was present on their insured premises....