Virus Exclusion Bars Coverage for Shoe Wholesaler’s COVID-19 Losses, N.Y. Federal Judge Rules
February 7, 2022
DOCUMENTS
- Motion to Dismiss
NEW YORK — A New York federal judge has dismissed a footwear wholesaler’s COVID-19 coverage action against ACE Property and Casualty Insurance Co. and its parent company Chubb Limited, ruling that the policy’s virus exclusion applies to the alleged losses.
In a Jan. 28 order, Judge Katherine P. Failla of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York accepted the insurers’ argument that United Footwear Group LLC’s losses originated from the COVID-19 virus and are therefore barred from coverage.
United Footwear closed its three New York showrooms on March 23 in compliance with stay-at-home orders issued by …
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