5th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Bad Faith Coverage Suit Arising From COVID-19

Mealey's (July 15, 2022, 8:36 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 6 affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of a business consulting company insured’s bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for its financial losses stemming from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insureds have failed to assert the existence of a qualifying “communicable disease event."...