9th Circuit Affirms Judgment For Insurer In Dispute Over Misrepresentation

Mealey's (July 10, 2024, 11:16 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO  — A split Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 9 affirmed a district court’s grant of partial summary judgment to an insurer seeking a determination that a medical professions liability policy issued to its insured behavioral health provider provides no coverage for an underlying Oregon state court suit, finding that summary judgment was proper because the insured “made a material misrepresentation in its renewal application.”...