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Superior Court Affirms Trial Court's Finding that No Coverage Existed Related to a COVID-19 Shutdown of a Business

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Superior Court Affirms Trial Court's Finding that No Coverage Existed Related to a COVID-19 Shutdown of a Business

In a non-precedential decision issued by the Pennsylvania Superior Court in the case of The Scranton Club v. Tuscarora Wayne Mut. Group, No. 238 MDA 2021 (Pa. Super. Jan. 27, 2025 Panella, P.J., Olson, J., and Kunselman, J.) (Op. by Kunselman, J.), the Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of all claims filed by The Scranton Club and found that no coverage existed to the COVID shut down of the Plaintiff’s business.

The affirmed trial court Opinion was written by Judge Terrence R. Nealon of the Lackwanna County Court of Common Pleas. The Tort Talk Blog post on Judge Nealon’s Opinion, which contains a link to that decision can be found at this LINK.

In this case, the Superior Court followed the precedent set forth in the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision on similar issues in the case of Ungarean v. CNA & Valley Forge Ins....

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