Thompson v. Ermanent General Assurance Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that upon learning of a misrepresentation in insurance application, insurer waives defense that misrepresentation voided the policy if it treats the policy as valid and binding and retains insured's premiums as earned
• holding that upon learning of a misrepresentation in insurance application, insurer waives defense that misrepresentation voided the policy if it treats the policy as valid and binding and retains insured's premiums as earned
• insurer waives defense that misrepresentation voided policy if it treats policy as valid and binding
• insurer waives defense that misrepresentation voided policy if it treats policy as valid and binding
• burden of proof on insurer to demonstrate that misrepresentation was material before rescinding policy
• burden of proof on insurer to demonstrate that misrepresentation was material before rescinding policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).