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Insurance,
Civil Litigation

May 4, 2020

Plaintiffs hope to consolidate restaurant suits over coverage

San Francisco-based plaintiffs’ firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has entered the battle over business interruption coverage, as it filed suit for two restaurants that were denied coverage by insurance companies that claimed a “virus exclusion” in the policy.

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP has entered the battle over business interruption coverage, as it filed suit for two restaurants that were denied coverage by insurers that claimed a "virus exclusion" in the policy.

The breach of contract complaint, filed Thursday in San Francisco County Superior Court for restaurants owned by chef Daniel Patterson, is one of a flurry of lawsuits by restaurants against their insurers in state ...

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