Legal Opinion
Elwin K. Shain v. Washington National Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1962No. 16959PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
By this diversity action Elwin K. Shain seeks an accounting and damages from Washington National Insurance Company for wrongful termination in 1957 of Shain’s contracts as general agent for the defendant at Iowa City, Iowa. The case was tried to the court and resulted in a dismissal at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence and in a consequent judgment for the defendant.
In 1943 Shain left the employ of another insurance company. For a small sum he then purchased the defendant’s, defunct Iowa City agency. Over the years successive written contracts of general agency were…
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