Insured Fails To Show Waiter’s Contamination Of Food Was Sole, Direct Cause Of Loss

Mealey's (January 10, 2023, 2:17 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 9 held that a restaurant owner insured fails to establish that a sick waiter's purported contamination of food is the “sole and direct cause” of its business interruption losses, affirming a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of the insurer in the insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit arising from the coronavirus pandemic....