The courts ruled that previous misrepresentation did not bar coverage for a future insurance claim. (Photo: Shutterstock)
A federal court in Colorado has ruled that language in a homeowner's insurance policy did not bar coverage of a claim filed by an insured several months after he allegedly had misrepresented a different claim.
|Was it hail damage?
On October 4, 2016, Nicholas Duff notified his homeowner's insurance company, Allstate Vehicle and Property Insurance Company, that his roof and his external air-conditioner unit had been damaged by hail during a storm that occurred in August 2016.
Allstate assigned a number to the August 2016 claim and scheduled an inspection for October 14, 2016.
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