June 17, 2022
A Seventh Circuit panel affirmed the dismissal of an Illinois mattress company's COVID-19 coverage appeal, finding that the "broad and unambiguous" virus exclusion in its policy with Motorists Commercial Mutual Insurance Co. prevented coverage.
November 10, 2021
A Seventh Circuit panel didn't seem convinced during a Wednesday hearing that an Illinois mattress company could get around its insurance policy's virus exclusion and get coverage for its pandemic-related losses, suggesting that the coronavirus was the catalyst for the government closure orders.
August 03, 2021
Two insurance trade groups asked the Seventh Circuit on Tuesday to throw out a mattress company's pandemic coverage appeal, saying that enforcing a virus exclusion in the company's policy is key to protecting the insurance market.
June 24, 2021
An Illinois mattress company has asked the Seventh Circuit to revive its COVID-19 business interruption suit seeking coverage for its 52 stores, saying the lower court wrongly concluded that a virus exclusion bars losses caused by government closure orders.