Georgia Panel:  Insurer Waived Void Policy Defense In Workers’ Compensation Suit

(June 20, 2019, 11:04 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — A Georgia appeals  panel on June 19 upheld a trial court judge’s affirmation of an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) decision that an insurance company waived its void policy defense when seeking to deny coverage of a workers’ compensation claim, holding that the company decided to cancel a construction company’s policy over misrepresentations in the policy application rather than rescind the policy (Grange Mutual Casualty Company v.  Adam Bennett, et al., No. A19A0497, Ga. App., 4th Div., 2019 Ga. App. LEXIS 339)....

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