Panel: Court Prematurely Granted Summary Judgment On ‘Thorny’ Materiality Questions

(February 15, 2022, 9:07 AM EST) -- TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey appeals panel held on Feb. 14 that a lower court prematurely granted a business owner insurer’s motion for summary judgment on  “thorny questions of materiality” in a dispute over an insurance claim for vandalism and theft, vacating and remanding for a jury to resolve the parties’ dispute over whether the insured made material misrepresentations in connection with its claims....