Legal Opinion
First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance v. Evans
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2002No. 01-2218PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge WILKINSON wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER joined. Judge LUTTIG wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Chief Judge.
First Penn-Pacific Life Insurance Company sought rescission of a life insurance policy, alleging fraud. Maryland First Financial Corporation intervened as the receiver for Answer Care, Inc., a viatical settlement company, because the policy was a claimed asset of the receivership estate. The receiver filed a motion to dismiss, arguing that Burford abstention was appropriate to avoid interfering with the…
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