Insured Attributes Differences Between Affidavit, Testimony To ‘Memory Difficulties’

Mealey's (September 24, 2019, 9:36 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — An insured recently asked a Florida appeals court to reverse a lower court’s finding that she perpetrated a fraud on the court by providing materially false information in her affidavit in a water damage coverage dispute, arguing that the discrepancies between the affidavit and her  live testimony “can be explained by her memory difficulties and by understanding that the date she discovered the loss is not the date of loss or the date of the weather event causing the loss” (Irma Perez v. Safepoint Insurance Company, No. 3D18-1588, Fla., App., 3rd Dist.)....