Austin Mutual Insurance Co has told a federal judge in Chicago that it does not have to cover legal costs incurred by McDonald’s Corp and two of its franchisees defending a lawsuit accusing the companies of failing to protect workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a motion to dismiss filed on Thursday, Austin Mutual’s lawyers at Pretzel & Stouffer wrote that the insurer’s policies only apply to lawsuits seeking damages for “bodily injury,” and McDonald’s workers in a May lawsuit in Illinois state court do not claim they were actually injured.
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