Default Judgment Awarded To Insurer In Fraud Suit Against Insured’s Employee

Mealey's (June 30, 2021, 12:05 PM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A federal judge in California on June 28 adopted a federal magistrate judge’s recommendation that an entry of default be entered against an insured’s employee in an insurer’s lawsuit alleging that the employee misappropriated $263,888 from its insured, ruling that the magistrate judge’s findings and recommendation were supported by the record and that the magistrate judge conducted a sufficient analysis of the facts....