Legal Opinion
Noonan v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin
Decided June 22, 2004No. 03-1432PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeterson, J.
¶ 1. Catherine and Daniel Noonan own annuity policies with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. They sued Northwestern, claiming breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty. Their complaint alleges that beginning in 1985, Northwestern unilaterally changed the way it distributes its surplus profit to annuity policyholders. According to the Noonans, instead of equitably sharing its annual surplus profit as required by the annuity policies and by statute, Northwestern has paid them only interest from a short-term bond account.
¶ 2. The trial court dismissed the Noonans' complaint for…
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