Misrepresentations In Contractor’s Insurance Application Deemed Material

Mealey's (June 2, 2022, 2:04 PM EDT) -- NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A federal judge in Tennessee on May 31 awarded an insurer summary judgment in its suit seeking a declaration that it has no duty to defend or indemnify a contractor insured in an underlying suit over defects in the construction of a firearms store and shooting range’s concrete pad, ruling that there are no material issues of fact about whether the contractor made material misrepresentations in his application for insurance....