Insurers Seek To Boot Claims In Franchiser's Insurance Bad Faith Suit

Mealey's (September 20, 2020, 1:14 PM EDT) -- DENVER — Dismissal of an insured's lawsuit against its commercial property insurance provider and the provider's parent company seeking coverage for business income losses at its franchised hair salons in Colorado and Missouri stemming from state and local governmental orders in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic is warranted because the insured has failed to state any viable claim against the defendants under the plain language of the policy, the defendants argue in a Sept. 11 motion to dismiss filed in Colorado federal court (Holtzman Enterprises Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co., et al., No. 20-2152, D. Colo.)....