Business Interruption Claims Excluded By Virus Exclusion, State Farm Argues

Mealey's (May 13, 2020, 11:02 AM EDT) -- SAN ANTONIO — Dismissal of insured barbershops’ claims in an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit stemming from their insurer’s denial of their business interruption coverage claims due to the novel coronavirus is necessary because the insureds failed to show that they have suffered any physical loss to property and because their claims are excluded under a virus exclusion in the policies, the insurer argues in a May 8 motion to dismiss filed in Texas federal court (Diesel Barbershop LLC, et al. v. State Farm Lloyds, No. 20-461, W.D. Texas)....