State Ex Rel. Wagner v. AMWEST SURETY INSURANCE COMPANY

NATURE OF CASE

This is an appeal from an insurer liquidation proceeding under the Nebraska Insurers Supervision, Rehabilitation, and Liquidation Act (the Act). Sunhouse International, Inc. (Sunhouse), appeals the district court’s approval of a downgrade of Sunhouse’s claim against Amwest Surety Insurance Company (Amwest) to a class 6 late-filed claim. Sunhouse did not receive actual notice of the liquidation proceedings until after the claim bar date. According to Sunhouse, despite the fact that the liquidator’s file clearly contained Sunhouse’s corporate address, the liquidator sent notice of…