( September 8, 2026, 2:33 PM EDT) -- DURHAM, N.C.— A federal judge in North Carolina granted summary judgment in favor of four Durham businesses on their claims for declaratory judgment, breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and unfair and deceptive trade practices in their lawsuit seeking coverage for their business interruption losses arising from the lockdowns prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, holding that their mutual commercial property insurer failed to identify any policy provisions, exclusions or factual distinctions that would place the insureds’ claims outside the scope of the North State Deli, LLC, et al. v. The Cincinnati Insurance Company, et al. decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court....