Legal Opinion
In Re the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. Sales Practices Litigation
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided October 14, 1999No. MDL No. 1213 (DRD). Civ. Nos. 97-5213(DRD), 98-1875(DRD) and 99-1545(DRD)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.
In this multi-district litigation concerning the sale of so-called “vanishing premium” life insurance policies by defendant The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company (“NWM”) in the 1980’s, NWM moves for summary judgment on the claims of plaintiffs Scott Hartmann, Merrill Hess and Wallace B. McGahan. Plaintiffs move for a continuance of NWM’s motion in order to permit them to conduct discovery pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(f) and plaintiff Hartmann moves to strike the declaration of Keith F. Koppen dated August 13, 1999 (the “Koppen Declaration”). For…
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