4th Circuit Stands By Ruling That Insurer Can Rescind Professional Liability Policy

(March 18, 2024, 2:12 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 15 refused to reconsider its affirmation of a lower federal court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of a professional liability insurer in its lawsuit seeking a declaratory judgment that it can rescind an insurance policy issued to a clinic, standing by its finding that there is no genuine dispute of material fact that the clinic’s founder made a material misstatement in her applications for coverage....