Summary Judgment Granted To Insurer For ‘Legal Fraud’ In Insurance Application

(September 20, 2024, 2:18 PM EDT) -- TUCSON, Ariz. — An Arizona federal judge granted summary judgment to a homeowners insurer in its suit seeking to rescind its insured’s policy for material misrepresentation in the insurance application, finding that the insured’s misrepresentation that the property was his primary residence and failure to correct the policy’s terms representing this residency “constitute legal fraud,” thereby making rescission “proper.”...