Judge Declines To Exercise Jurisdiction Over Insurer’s Misrepresentation Suit

Mealey's (November 17, 2016, 10:10 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A declaratory judgment lawsuit brought by Massachusetts Life Insurance Co. (MassMutal) claiming that a woman’s long-term care policy is invalid based on misrepresentations about her medical history was dismissed Nov. 15 by a federal judge in California who ruled that a parallel lawsuit filed by the woman in state court will cover the same issues (Massachusetts Life Insurance Company v. Lisa Chang, et al., No. 16-cv-03679, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158915)....