Chicago businesses can proceed with lawsuits seeking COVID-19 payouts from Society Insurance, judge rules Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz, Chicago Tribune © John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS The dining room at Billy Goat Tavern, 430 Lower Michigan Ave., photographed Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in Chicago. A Chicago federal judge has rejected a bid by Society Insurance to toss a mountain of lawsuits filed by Billy Goat Tavern, Purple Pig, Lettuce Entertain You and other businesses hit hard by the pandemic, a departure from recent rulings in other courts that sided with insur...