Policy Rescission In PIP Suit Deemed Proper Due To Material Misrepresentations

Mealey's (October 22, 2021, 11:48 AM EDT) -- GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A Michigan trial court did not err in granting an insurer’s summary disposition motion against a hospital and its related entity in a lawsuit stemming from the insurer’s denial of personal injury protection insurance (PIP) benefits and subsequent rescission of its insured’s auto policy based on the insured’s material misrepresentations made in her insurance application because the insurer sufficiently pleaded that the alleged misrepresentations were material, a Michigan Court of Appeals panel ruled Oct. 14 in affirming....

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