Summary Judgment Denied In Suit Over Policy Rescission For Misrepresentations

Mealey's (January 6, 2023, 7:31 AM EST) -- HOT SPRINGS, Ark. — On remand from the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, a federal judge in Arkansas denied multiple summary judgment motions in a suit over the rescission of an insurance policy, finding that “there may be a genuine dispute of material fact” about whether an insurer, through its agent, knew about information omitted from an insured’s application and whether the insurer would have declined to issue the policy if all those facts had been known....