Insurer Appeals Finding That Misrepresentation Did Not Increase Its Risk Of Loss

Mealey's (September 19, 2022, 12:25 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Tenn. — A homeowners insurer on Sept. 12 filed a notice of appeal indicating that it is asking the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review a Tennessee federal judge’s denial of its motion for judgment as a matter of a law in an insured’s breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit seeking coverage for fire damage, challenging the lower court’s rejection of its argument that a jury verdict should be set aside because the insured’s material misrepresentation about sprinklers in her home increased its risk of loss....