5th Circuit Upholds Ruling Finding Couple’s Policy Void For Misrepresentation

Mealey's (April 27, 2017, 10:18 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on April 26 affirmed a federal judge in Mississippi’s ruling that a homeowners policy issued by State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. was void, ruling that the judge did not err when finding that the couple’s misrepresentation over ownership of the property was material (State Farm Fire & Casualty Company v. Cedric Flowers, et al, No. 16-60310, 5th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 7400)....