Acuity, A Mutual Insurance Co. v. Rex, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
GRUENDER, Circuit Judge.
Acuity appeals the district court's 1 orders requiring it to deposit $21 million in disputed insurance proceeds to maintain its federal statutory interpleader claim and dismissing Ronald Gean and the Estate of Jean Carol Gean ("the Geans") for lack of personal jurisdiction in its declaratory judgment claims. We affirm.
On August 5, 2016, a truck operated by Rex, LLC struck a vehicle driven by Ronald Gean, injuring him and killing his passenger Jean Carol Gean. Rex and its driver were covered by a business auto insurance policy issued by Acuity with a stated liability…
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