Duhaime v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is an offshoot of a massive securities fraud, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duties class-action lawsuit brought against John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Company, and John Hancock Distributors, Inc. (collectively “John Hancock”). The underlying suit, filed in September 1995 on behalf of nearly four million present and former policyholders, challenged a number of John Hancock’s sales and marketing practices from 1979 through the mid-1990s. On June 6, 1997, the putative class entered into a Stipulation of…
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