Judge Rejects Insurer’s Misrepresentation Argument In Duty-To-Defend Action

(July 8, 2024, 10:07 AM EDT) -- MISSOULA, Mont. — A Montana federal judge granted summary judgment to an insured and related parties in an insurer’s suit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend and indemnify its insured in an underlying action related to injuries a man sustained when a 7,000-pound bundle of wood fell on him, finding that the insured did not “affirmatively” misrepresent “its business activities.”...