Judge: Virus Exclusion Bars New Jersey Gym’s Claim Arising From Coronavirus

Mealey's (March 12, 2021, 1:22 PM EST) -- CAMDEN, N.J. — A federal judge in New Jersey on March 10 granted an insurer’s motion to dismiss a gym insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit, finding that the commercial lines insurance policy’s virus exclusion unambiguously bars coverage for the insured’s claims arising from the government’s closure orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic....