Protege Restaurant Partners LLC v. Sentinel Insurance Company, Limited

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 8 PROTÉGÉ RESTAURANT PARTNERS Case No. 20-cv-03674-BLF LLC, on Behalf of Itself and All Others Similarly Situated,

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S

Plaintiff, MOTION TO DISMISS WITH LEAVE

TO AMEND

v. [Re: ECF 42] SENTINEL INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED, d/b/a THE HARTFORD 14 Defendant.

16 This case arises from a dispute over the application of a “business interruption” insurance 17 policy to measures taken in response to recent public health orders that required businesses to 18 operate at a limited capacity. Plaintiff Protégé Restaurant Partners, LLC (“Plaintiff” or “Protégé”), 19 individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated entities (collectively, the “Class”), brings 20 this class action against defendant Sentinel Insurance Co., Ltd. d/b/a The Hartford (“Defendant” or 21 “Sentinel”) for Defendant’s refusal to pay COVID-19 related claims based on the insurance policy 22 it sold to Plaintiff and the Class. Plaintiff asserts claims for a declaratory…