Lincoln Benefit Life Co. v. Edwards

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

KOPF, District Judge.

This case involves a series of agreements under which an insurance company and one of its former marketing directors both claim they are owed money. Following a bench trial on the merits of this case, I now issue my findings of fact and conclusions of law in accordance with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 52(a). 1

I. BACKGROUND

This action originated in the District Court of Lancaster County, Nebraska, as an action for declaratory judgment in which plaintiff Lincoln Benefit Life Company (“LBL”) alleged that defendant Robert R. Edwards…