Class Actions Spark Concerns Over Coronavirus Coverage Spats

Insurance lawyers fear class action attorneys rushing to cash in on a flood of business interruption suits could produce undesirable rulings due to their inexperience.

Hundreds of restaurant owners, retailers and other companies shuttered by the coronavirus and stay-at-home orders have sued their insurers who say the pandemic isn’t covered under existing business interruption policies or other insurance provisions.

The litigation, which is already generating proposed class actions, is fertile ground for attorneys without much insurance experience, much to the chagrin of lawyers with years of expertise in this field of law.

“Lawyers who are auto accident and slip and ...