( September 24, 2026, 2:44 PM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — After a commercial general liability insurer accepted its insured’s offer of judgment, a New York federal judge on Sept. 23 entered a declaratory judgment resolving the insurer’s suit seeking policy rescission and a declaration that it owes no duty to defend or indemnify in any underlying litigation related to the construction of sidewalk sheds due to purported misrepresentations in insurance applications; the judgment ended the insurer’s obligation to defend the insured in specific underlying litigation or any other action, rescinded the policies and declared them void ab initio....