No Coverage Owed For Losses Incurred By Civil Authority Order, Judge Says

Mealey's (March 17, 2020, 8:46 AM EDT) -- FLORENCE, S.C. — No coverage is owed under a business interruption insurance policy for losses incurred as a result of a civil authority evacuation order issued prior to Hurricane Florence because the civil authority order was not issued because of damage or destruction of an adjacent property as required by the policy, a South Carolina federal judge said Feb. 24 (Kelaher, Connell & Conner P.C. v. Auto-Owners  Insurance  Co., No. 19-693, D. S.C., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31081)....