Richard Rose v. State Farm Fire & Cas.Co.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding “that a jury should determine whether [the insured] intentionally made a material misrepresentation” to the insurer after a fire burned down his home
• determining “that a jury should determine whether [the plaintiff] intentionally made a material misrepresentation” to the insurer after a fire burned down his home
• “Rose’s financial situation is undoubtedly a material issue here because it provides a potential motive for him to commit arson and collect on his loss.”
• “[A]n appellant [generally] abandons all issues not raised and argued in its initial brief on appeal . . . .” (quoting United States v. Johnson, 440 F.3d 832, 845–46 (6th Cir. 2006))
• “In order for [the insurance company] to validly invoke the concealment provision voiding the insurance contract, the insured must have intentionally concealed or misrepresented a material fact; false statements alone are not enough.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).