Wash. D.C. Digital Marketing Firm Sues Sentinel for COVID-19 Coverage

HARTFORD, Conn. — A digital marketing firm has sued Sentinel Insurance Company Ltd. in Connecticut federal court, demanding coverage for losses it sustained when it was forced to cease operations in compliance with government COVID-19 closure orders.

In an Oct. 22 class action complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Blushark Digital LLC contends that the closure orders, as well as the presence of the COVID-19 virus itself, caused it to sustain a “direct physical loss of and damage to” its insured property in the form of diminished value, lost income, and forced physical alterations …