Major League Soccer Team Files Lawsuit for COVID-19 Business Losses

The Philadelphia Union professional soccer team is suing its insurers for refusing to pay claims for business losses related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Continental Casualty Company is being accused of breach of contract for not honoring its $192 million policy covering loss and damage at the stadium and several nearby buildings caused by government shutdown orders.

Plaintiffs Keystone Sports Entertainment, FC Pennsylvania Stadium LLC, Pennsylvania Professional Soccer LLC, Rivertown Developers LP, Rivertown TCI LP and KSE U2 LLC are represented by Tim Burns, Jeff Bowen, Jesse Bair, and Freya Bowen of Burns Bowen Bair LLP, as well attorneys from DiCello Levitt Gutzler LLC, The Lanier Law Firm PC, Saltz Mongeluzzi & Bendesky PC, and Douglas Daniels of Daniels & Tredennick.

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