Closed due to Coronavirus on the door of a gym. Photo: Neptunestock/Shutterstock As part of his ruling, Judge Nealon found that in Pennsylvania, it is still unclear whether the "reasonable expectations" doctrine can be applied to a commercial insured. (Photo: Neptunestock/Shutterstock)

In a case that may be a harbinger for others like it to come, a Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas judge has rejected an insurance agent's dismissal motion in a suit in which the agent has been sued for negligence by a gym that has been denied COVID-19-caused loss coverage.

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Jason Grant

Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter, pls find him @JasonBarrGrant