Insurer Beats Restaurant Group KC Hopps’ Covid Closure Claims

Restaurant management group KC Hopps Ltd. lost its bid to recoup losses incurred due to Covid-19, as a federal jury cleared the Cincinnati Insurance Co. of liability in a suit seeking business interruption coverage.

A jury sitting in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri Thursday found in favor of the insurer on KC Hopps’ breach of contract claim.

The complaint alleged that KC Hopps owns or is a managing member of several entities that operate bars, restaurants, catering services, and event spaces in the Kansas City area, including O’Dowd’s Gastrobar, Blue Moose Bar & Grill, Barley’s ...