Can COVID-19 Cause 'Direct Physical Loss or Damage' to Property? 9th Circ. Asks Oregon High Court to Weigh In
“No Oregon appellate court, state statute, or treatise has yet interpreted the phrase ‘direct physical loss or damage’ in the context of a commercial property insurance policy dispute involving COVID-19 allegations,” the Ninth Circuit panel wrote. “Therefore, we find it prudent to allow the Oregon Supreme Court to do so in this instance.”