Insurer Dismisses Suit Disputing Coverage For BIPA Violation Claim Against Wing Stop

Mealey's (September 13, 2021, 1:54 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — One day after a businessowners liability insurer filed a notice of voluntary dismissal, a federal court in Illinois on Sept. 10 dismissed the insurer’s lawsuit seeking a declaration that it does not owe coverage for an underlying lawsuit alleging that the owners and operators of Wing Stop violated the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) by capturing, collecting, storing and/or disseminating its employees’ biometric information without their valid consent....