9th Circuit Affirms Judgment For Insurer In Fraud Suit, Deems Appeal ‘Frivolous’

( February 26, 2024, 12:57 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a district court’s default judgment entered against a man and his daughter accused of defrauding a long-term care insurer by claiming that the man qualified as a “chronically ill individual,” finding that the appeal is “frivolous” and that the lower court did not abuse its discretion in entering a default judgment in response to the defendants violating court orders....