6th Circuit: Insured Was Not ‘Tangibly Deprived’ Of Its Kentucky Brewpub, Taproom

Mealey's (March 4, 2022, 1:43 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — Noting that it sympathizes with a Kentucky brewpub and taproom owner for the hardships it has faced in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said March 3 that it is bound by its recent holding in Estes v. Cincinnati Insurance Co.  that “‘physical loss’ means ‘that a property owner has been tangibly deprived of the property or that the property has been tangibly destroyed.’”...