Yesterday, the Court of Appeals issued yet another decision concerning when a lawsuit must be filed in order to be timely. In a well-reasoned and fair opinion authored by Judge Gibson, the Court of Appeals made clear once again that the question of when a claim accrues is fact intensive and requires a knowledge and
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A Follow Up to the Question of When Post-Loss Misrepresentations are Material
By Brandon McWherter on
Posted in Post-Loss Misrepresentations
There are a few issues here that need to be clarified for our insureds out there who may be dealing with an insurance company making accusations of misrepresentations. First, the rules are different depending on whether the alleged misrepresentation occurred before the loss or after the loss. The one I see more often is the…