Legal Opinion
Cain, John W. v. Osman, Ronald E.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2008No. 07-4003UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
In this lawsuit under the diversity jurisdiction, Missouri citizen John W. Cain claims that southern-Illinois attorney Ronald Osman, two lawyers working for Osman, and Osman’s law firm — all Illinois citizens — stole Cain’s proposal to bring a qui tam action against a St. Louis-based insurance company. The district court dismissed Cain’s complaint for failure to state a claim. We affirm that dismissal.
We draw all inferences in the light most favorable to Cain. See Malone v. Nielson, 474 F.8d 934, 935 (7th Cir.2007). In August 1998, Cain approached Osman about filing a qui tam lawsuit…
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