JEMB Realty claims virus is “pollutant” in Midtown insurance battle

Is the coronavirus a pollutant? JEMB Realty thinks so, based on a lawsuit filed against its insurer. The landlord’s suit, filed in the Southern District of New York, claims that Greenwich Insurance Company should have covered JEMB’s losses at a Midtown South commercial building during the pandemic. The insurance policy at JEMB’s Herald Center, 1293 Broadway, defines pollutants as “any solid, liquid, gaseous or thermal pollutant, irritant or contaminant.” The coronavirus qualifies, given that it

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