Policyholders Urge Coordination of COVID-19 Coverage Actions Over Insurer’s Objections

PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh restaurant and other small business owners are urging a state court judge to coordinate their COVID-19 business interruption coverage cases against Erie Insurance Exchange in the Allegheny County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas.

In a July 21 reply brief, the businesses, led by Joseph Tambellini Inc. d/b/a Joseph Tambellini Restaurant, contend that Erie’s opposition to its motion to coordinate is without merit because all parties have been notified of the motion, and coordination would be a fair and efficient method of resolving the nearly identical cases.

Erie argues in its July 17 opposition that plaintiffs failed …