Savage v. Lincoln Benefit Life Co.

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO PLAINTIFFS’ CLAIM AGAINST DEFENDANTS AND GRANTING DEFENDANT ALLSTATE’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS TO ITS COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST PLAINTIFFS

CLELAND, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff 1 originally sued three defendants — Allstate Insurance Company, Lincoln Benefit Life Company (a subsidiary of Allstate Insurance Company), and Cindy 2 Hoffman (an employee of Lincoln Benefit Life Company) — in the Tenth Circuit Court in Saginaw County, Michigan alleging defamation. Defendants removed the case to this court on September 17, 1997.…