5th Circuit Affirms Judgment For Insured In Bid To Void Workers’ Comp Policy

(September 6, 2024, 11:48 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s ruling granting summary judgment to an insured, a related party and an underwriter in a workers’ compensation insurer’s negligence, breach of fiduciary duty and declaratory judgment suit seeking to rescind its insured’s policy, finding that the district court did not err in granting summary judgment, in part, because the insurer failed to show that the underwriter breached any duties to the insurer....