Judgment Granted For Insurer In Dispute Over Dentist’s ‘Misrepresented’ Loss

(August 5, 2024, 2:45 PM EDT) -- SPOKANE, Wash. — A Washington federal judge granted a business insurer’s motion for summary judgment and denied a dentist’s motion for summary judgment in the dentist’s suit alleging breach of contract against the insurer for failure to cover the alleged damage to his dental equipment and resulting business losses, finding that the dentist’s misrepresentations about his purported loss prevent him from obtaining coverage under the policy....