Liars Never Prosper No Coverage for Loss at Unidentified Property.

• Date: 10 January 2022

Dignity Housing West is a California nonprofit corporation that provides low-income housing. Describing itself as a housing developer and listing its only premises as 200 square feet of office space, it applied for and received a commercial general liability insurance policy from Atain Specialty Insurance In Atain Specialty Insurance Company v. Dignity Housing West, Inc., a California nonprofit corporation, No. 21-15127, United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (December 3, 2021) the Ninth Circuit dealt with a claim seeking defense and indemnity for a loss at a property not identified at the time the policy was acquired.

FACTS

Though the application asked whether Dignity conducted any "lodging operations including apartments," Dignity did not disclose the three apartment buildings it owned or maintained.

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