Tedder v. Union Fidelity Life Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CLARKE, District Judge.

The defendant moves the Court for summary judgment pursuant to Rule 56(b), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, on the ground that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact pertaining to the defense of material misrepresentation and that defendant is therefore entitled to judgment as a matter of law.

This action was commenced in the Superior Court, Columbus County, North Carolina, and removed to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1441. Jurisdiction is grounded in diversity, plaintiff being a citizen of the State of North Carolina and the…