Legal Opinion
Foster v. Auto-Owners Ins., Co.
Indiana Supreme Court
Decided December 10, 1998No. 71S04-9807-CV-390PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON PETITION TO TRANSFER
BOEHM, Justice.
We hold, as we have before, that an insurance company may void coverage based on a material misrepresentation in the application. We also hold that the submission of an application containing accurate information does not put the insurance company on inquiry notice of that information to cure misstatements or omissions in another application.
Factual and Procedural Background
In February 1994, Auto-Owners Insurance Company issued a policy for fire insurance to Thomas Foster covering rental residential property at 422 South Jackson Street in South Bend.…
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