Legal Opinion
Ward v. Dixie National Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 8, 2010No. 08-2378PublishedCited by 94 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge TRAXLER and Judge MICHAEL joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case began as a relatively straightforward class action suit for breach of contract. Martha Ward and other policyholders in the state of South Carolina (collectively, “plaintiffs”) sued insurance companies National Foundation Life Insurance Company (“National”) and Dixie National Life Insurance Company (“Dixie”) (collectively, “defendants”). Plaintiffs alleged that defendants violated their contractual promise under the insurance policies…
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