Mealey's (April 22, 2020, 12:17 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Philadelphia restaurants on April 20 asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation to transfer and coordinate current and tag-along lawsuits seeking business interruption coverage for losses arising from governmental closure orders prompted by the coronavirus pandemic to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, asserting that this issue is “of national importance and great significance to the ultimate survival of many businesses” and specifically requesting Judge Timothy J. Savage because he is “an excellent jurist who can shepherd this litigation” (In re: COVID-19 Business Interruption Insurance Coverage Litigation, JPMDL)....