Legal Opinion
Employers Reinsurance Co. v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 7, 2011No. 10-3099PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERICKSEN, District Judge.
The primary issue in this appeal is whether a reinsurance agreement between Employers Reinsurance Company (“ERC”) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (“Mass Mutual”) contains a follow-the-settlements provision. Granting partial summary judgment in Mass Mutual’s favor, the district court 2 concluded that it does. The district court also concluded that ERC had breached the agreement by offsetting disputed damages. Later, the district court concluded that the statute of limitations barred most of ERC’s challenges that survived the conclusion regarding the…
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