Mealey's (March 8, 2023, 10:19 AM EST) -- PASADENA, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s dismissal of spa owner insureds’ lawsuit seeking coverage for their losses arising from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insureds’ coverage argument is “squarely foreclosed” by its ruling in Mudpie, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty Insurance Co. of America and that the policies’ virus exclusion also bars coverage....