Houston Rockets:  Home Court’s Loss Of Function Caused By COVID-19 Is Physical Damage

(July 17, 2020, 11:01 AM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The Houston Rockets organization on July 15 sued its “all-risk” insurer for declaratory judgment, breach of contract, bad faith and violation of the Texas Unfair Claim Settlement Practices Act in a Rhode Island Superior Court, alleging that the insurer “engaged in a calculated scheme to deny” novel coronavirus related claims and that the loss of function at the Toyota Center caused by COVID-19 is physical damage (Clutch City Sports & Entertainment, L.P., et al. v. Affiliated FM Insurance Company, No. PC-2020-05137, R.I. Super., Providence/Bristol Co.)....