Comprehensive Benefit Administrators, Inc. v. Nu-Cape Construction, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
LEHAN, Judge.
We affirm the summary judgment entered against defendant insurer. The summary judgment determined coverage existed under a group health insurance policy issued to appellee company for medical expenses incident to cancer suffered by the wife of a company employee.
We agree with the trial court’s determination that coverage was not precluded due to a misrepresentation through a negative answer to a question in the policy application about knowledge of cancer suffered by the wife. The question was ambiguous as to whether it asked about a then existing condition (in which case the…
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