Default Judgment Recommended In Insurance Policy Breach Suit Against Yacht Owner

(October 20, 2023, 8:46 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation advising that default judgment should be entered against a yacht owner in a maritime insurer’s suit seeking a declaratory judgment that the owner breached an insurance policy, thereby voiding it, finding that the insurer established that “it is entitled to a declaration that the Policy is void” by showing that the owner misrepresented his compliance with recommendations in a yacht survey....