No Coverage Owed For Losses Incurred By Mandatory Evacuation, 4th Circuit Affirms

(February 22, 2024, 2:04 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a commercial property insurer in an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit, finding that the insurer owes no coverage for the insured’s business income losses incurred as result of the mandatory evacuation of Jasper County, S.C., in preparation for Hurricane Dorian....