Magistrate Judge: Insured Didn’t Disclose Prior Assault On CGL Policy Application

( November 9, 2026, 11:11 AM EST) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A federal magistrate judge in California granted in part a commercial general liability insurer’s motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit seeking rescission of the policy and a declaration that it has no duty to indemnify its insured against an underlying lawsuit arising from an assault at a nightclub, holding that the insured’s failure to disclose an assault that occurred less than two months before it applied for the insurance policy renders the policy null and void ab initio and relieves the insurer of its coverage duties....