Insurer:  Policies 'Were Not Designed To Cover Economic Fallout From Global Pandemic'

Mealey's (July 30, 2020, 7:23 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — A commercial property insurer filed suit in a federal court in Illinois on July 29 against 31 of its restaurant insureds, seeking a declaration that it has no duty to provide business interruption coverage for their alleged losses arising from public health orders that restricted public gatherings in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus (State Auto Property And Casualty Insurance Co.  v. Classic Dining Group LLC, et al., No. 20-04434, N.D. Ill.)....