( January 9, 2024, 9:14 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A District of Columbia federal judge granted default judgment to a life insurer seeking to rescind a life insurance policy due to the insured’s purported misrepresentations in the policy application regarding his use of cigarettes or illegal drugs, finding that because the court clerk’s entry of default against the insured resulted in the allegations in the complaint being deemed admitted, the insurer is entitled to a judgment declaring the policy void....