The tide may be continuing to develop in business interruption cases throughout the country. However, this time it doesn’t involve COVID-19, but business allegedly lost due to a data breach.

The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut issued the pre-COVID-19 ruling in a business interruption case brought by New England Systems Inc., an information technology strategy and consulting company, against its carrier, Citizens Insurance Company of America. The plaintiffs alleged that their insurer failed to honor its obligation to cover losses suffered because of a data breach in June 2019.