Lawyer Lies on Application for Malpractice Insurance – Policy Rescinded
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Travelers issued a Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Policy to Grimmer, Davis, Revelli & Ballif (“Grimmer Davis”). Grimmer Davis is a law firm with its principal place of business in Lehi, Utah. Matthew Grimmer was the sole shareholder of Grimmer Davis and had general managing and governing responsibilities at the firm. Grimmer is a licensed attorney with knowledge of the rules of professional conduct. Jacob Davis was an employee of Grimmer Davis. Davis is also an attorney with knowledge of the rules of professional conduct. Defendant Grimmer and Associates, P.C. (“G&A”) is a law firm with its principal place of business in Lehi, Utah. G&A is located in the same office as Grimmer Davis. Grimmer is the sole shareholder of G&A, and Davis was also employed at G&A. Grimmer made false statements in the application and in Travelers Casualty And Surety Company Of America v. Grimmer Davis Revelli & Ballif, P.C., et al., No. 2:19-cv-597-DAK-JCB, United States District Court, D. Utah (November 10, 2021) Travelers sought to rescind the policy.
Even if Georgia Inman erroneously made claims against Grimmer Davis, and Grimmer and Davis in their roles at Grimmer Davis, Grimmer Davis should have disclosed the existence of those claims to Travelers when it was pursuing the renewal policy. Those claims were material and Travelers relied on Grimmer Davis’ assertions that there were no such claims in issuing the policy renewal. Grimmer knew of the claims and did not disclose them. The court, therefore, concludes that Defendants made misrepresentations to Travelers, Travelers relied on those misrepresentations, and those misrepresentations were material to Traveler’s decision to provide insurance.
Accordingly, the court concluded that Travelers is entitled to rescind the policy under Utah law. The court further declares that the policy is void and Travelers has no duty to defend or indemnify Defendants under the policy. Therefore, the court granted Traveler’s motion for summary judgment.
ZALMA OPINION
A lawyer should know that insurance is a contract of utmost good faith where neither party may do anything to deprive the other of the benefits of the contract. In this case, a lawyer not only failed to act in good faith when applying for malpractice insurance, he acted badly by misrepresenting to the insurer that he knew of no potential action against him or his firms when, in fact, he had been so advised by Georgia and her counsel and by orders of two different courts. Rescission was the only appropriate action available to the Travelers.
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