Shenandoah Life Insurance v. Smallwood

Shenandoah Life Insurance Company brought this action to void an insurance policy it issued on the life of Lorenzo Smallwood. The circuit court granted partial summary judgment to Shenandoah, and thus narrowed-the issue for trial to whether Lorenzo intended to defraud the insurance company *32when he did not disclose information related to his medical history on the insurance application. At trial, the court granted Shenandoah’s motion for a directed verdict. Lakeisha Smallwood appeals the directed verdict. We hold a jury could reasonably conclude that Shenandoah failed to meet its burden of…