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A federal district court in Michigan has ruled that a homeowners insurance policy was void where the insured sought coverage for property allegedly stolen from him that he had not said he owned several years earlier when he had entered bankruptcy.
The case
On December 10, 2012, close to midnight, while driving home from the Gold Coast strip club, two people allegedly robbed Alex Geller of numerous pieces of jewelry and a coat. Mr. Geller alleged that, while he was waiting at a stoplight, a car bumped his car from behind, that the driver of the vehicle that bumped his motioned for him to pull over, and that he complied. Upon exiting his car, Geller claimed that two people robbed him of the following items that he was wearing:
Item
Year of Purchase
Value
14 carat gold ring with 1.78 carat diamond 1995
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