Harold Patterson v. American Casualty Co., Surety

MERRILL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant brought suit in the Idaho state courts seeking damages for fraud. In his complaint he alleged that in proceedings before the State Industrial Accident Board he stipulated for a lump-sum settlement of claims for disability arising out of an industrial accident; that the stipulation was in reliance upon fraudulent misrepresentations by defendant and that defendant wilfully and fraudulently withheld medical data bearing on the severity of his injury. He sought substantial money damages: $148,000 loss of wages; $10,000 projected medical expenses; $90,000 “general…