{"id":631,"date":"2020-05-26T09:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T14:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/?p=631"},"modified":"2020-08-04T14:52:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T19:52:00","slug":"covid-19-court-ruling-and-business-interruption-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/covid-19-court-ruling-and-business-interruption-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Court Ruling and Business Interruption Insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Business interruption losses and COVID-19 after <em>Friends of Danny Devito, et. al v. Tom Wolf, Governor of Pennsylvania,<\/em> 2020 WL 1847100 (PA, April 13, 2020)<\/h2>\n<p>by Michael F. Pezzulli <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-629\" src=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PZ_covid-19-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"COVID-19 Closed Sign in window of business\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PZ_covid-19-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PZ_covid-19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PZ_covid-19-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PZ_covid-19-120x120.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.courtroom.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/PZ_covid-19.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business owners, you may actually have insurance coverage for COVID-19 losses. <\/strong>If you are a business owner with insurance coverage, the recent ruling in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/pennsylvania\/supreme-court\/2020\/68-mm-2020.html\">Friends of Danny Devito, et. al v. 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