Exclusions Bar Coverage For Restaurant’s COVID-19 Losses, California Panel Affirms

Mealey's (April 11, 2023, 2:00 PM EDT) -- SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California appeals panel on April 10 held that although a restaurant operator insured has demonstrated that there is potential for coverage for its business income losses resulting from the governmental orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the insurer has established that the policy’s “ordinance or law” and virus exclusions precluded coverage as a matter of law....