Jackson v. Hartford Life and Annuity Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• ruling that misrepresentation that insured had not been convicted of a felony, when in fact he was then on probation for one, was material as a matter of law because insurer’s “presumptive policy was to deny coverage to persons on probation”
• “The materiality of a misrepresentation is typically a question of fact for the jury, and the burden of proof lies with the party attempting to assert the defense. John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. of Boston, Mass. v. Adams, 205 Md. 213, [220,] 107 A.2d 111, 113 (1954

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).