A law firm’s legal malpractice policy can be rescinded if a partner lies on the application, despite the other partners’ claims of being “innocent insureds,” the Superior Court Appellate Division ruled last Tuesday.
The judges said that a partner who completed the insurance application — and failed to disclose a range of ethical problems — was an agent of the firm, acting by authorization of the two other partners. First American Title Insurance Company v. Lawson, A-0992-01T5.
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