A Houston law firm and its landlord sued the firm’s insurance company in Connecticut, alleging the insurer improperly denied the firm’s claim for business income losses caused by government shutdown orders for COVID-19.

The lawsuit by Kennedy Hodges & Associates and Three Commas, the landlord, are one example of a growing trend nationwide of businesses of all types suing their insurance companies, alleging the insurers improperly denied COVID-19 related claims.