Panel: Insured Faces ‘Solid Wall Of Precedent’ In Coronavirus Coverage Appeal

(July 12, 2023, 8:39 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California appellate court affirmed a ruling in favor of a commercial property insurer in an Orange County restaurant owner insured’s breach of contract lawsuit arising from the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the insured “faces a solid ‘wall of precedent’ that holds that direct physical loss or damage requires physical alteration of the covered property.”...