Michigan Ruling Isn't Last Word On COVID-19 Insurance Claims
Add-On Acquisitions As An M&A Strategy During COVID-19
July 17, 2020
Superior Court of the District of Columbia Civil Division-Civil Actions Branch
August 6, 2020
On July 1, in Gavrilides Management Co. LLC v. Michigan Insurance Co., 30th Circuit Judge Joyce Draganchuk granted the insurance company's dispositive motion denying a $650,000 business interruption claim brought by restaurant owner Nick Gavrilides in the Circuit Court of the County of Ingham, Michigan.
Judge Draganchuk rejected as "simply nonsense" Gavrilides' argument that an executive order by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer prohibiting customers from dining at his restaurant amounted to a physical loss under his commercial property insurance policy.
