Legal Opinion
Zurich American Insurance Company v. Whittier Properties Inc. D.B.A. Zipmart, and Ribelin Lowell & Company Insurance Brokers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 29, 2004No. 02-36101PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge.
Whittier Properties, Inc. (“Whittier”) appeals the district court’s grant of Zurich American Insurance Company’s (“Zurich’s”) motion for summary judgment. The district court held as a matter of law that Whittier made a material misrepresentation on its insurance application for a policy provided by Zurich and that Zurich could therefore rescind the policy and deny coverage to Whittier. We reverse the district court’s determination that Zurich could rescind the policy and remand for further proceedings.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
Beginning in 1990, Whittier…
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