September 22, 2021
A popular New Orleans restaurant lost its second bid for coronavirus pandemic coverage when a Louisiana federal judge said it failed to show it sustained the kind of physical loss required for coverage under its State Farm property insurance policy.
July 06, 2021
A popular New Orleans restaurant is pushing back against State Farm's attempt to dismiss its pandemic coverage suit, saying that a virus exclusion in its policy with the insurer doesn't apply because there was no viral contamination at its property.
June 15, 2021
State Farm has asked a Louisiana federal judge to throw out a New Orleans restaurant's COVID-19 insurance coverage suit, urging the court to follow other federal courts' rulings that have "uniformly" held that the virus and resulting government orders do not cause property damage.
April 26, 2021
A Louisiana federal judge on Monday refused to toss a New Orleans restaurant's COVID-19 insurance coverage suit against State Farm, finding that although the eatery hasn't shown that its loss should be covered by the policy, it is permitted to fix the deficiencies in its complaint.