In Insurance Coverage Case With ‘Strange History,’ Judge Grants Default Judgment

( August 11, 2026, 8:52 AM EDT) -- PHOENIX — Finding default judgment appropriate, an Arizona federal judge granted default judgment to an insurer in a case the judge deemed as having a “strange history” in which a named insured replaced the original plaintiff after the breach of contract suit was removed to federal court after which the insurer filed counterclaims for rescission and declaratory judgment based upon purported misrepresentations in the insurance application....