Baseball Teams:  Denial Of COVID-19 Losses Jeopardizes Future Of America’s Pastime

Mealey's (June 23, 2020, 2:18 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Minor league baseball teams on June 23 sued their insurers for breach of contract, anticipatory breach of contract and declaratory relief, seeking business interruption coverage for their “catastrophic financial losses” stemming from the “first-ever cessation of Minor League Baseball” due to the novel coronavirus pandemic and Major League Baseball’s decision that its teams will not satisfy their contractual duties to provide players under contract to their affiliated teams in the Minor League (Chattanooga Professional Baseball LLC, et al. v. Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Co., et al., No. 20-03032, E.D. Pa.)....