New Jersey Panel Affirms Dismissal Of Dry Cleaners’ COVID-19 Coverage Suit

(February 23, 2023, 12:40 PM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals court panel on Feb. 22 affirmed dismissal of a dry cleaner insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for its alleged business interruption losses arising from the governmental orders in response to the coronavirus pandemic, finding that the lower court properly found that the virus policy exclusion and a “loss of use or loss of market” exclusion barred coverage....