Legal Opinion
Thorn v. Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided March 9, 2006No. 05-1162PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILLIAMS wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge DEVER concurred. Judge MICHAEL wrote a separate dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
The named plaintiffs (Appellants) in this case filed an individual and class-action complaint against Jefferson-Pilot Life Insurance Company on behalf of themselves and approximately 1.4 million African-American policyholders. The complaint alleged that Jefferson-Pilot’s corporate predecessors discriminated against the class members in violation of federal law by charging them higher premiums…
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