Legal Opinion
Lustgraaf v. Behrens
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2010No. 09-2960, 09-2963, 09-2965, 09-2969, 09-3349, 09-3352, 09-3355, 09-3356PublishedCited by 242 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MELLOY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal concerns Appellants’ claims against Appellees Sunset Financial Services, Inc. (“Sunset”) and Kansas City Life Insurance Company (“KCL”) for damages arising out of a Ponzi scheme perpetrated by Bryan Behrens, a registered representative of Sunset and general agent of KCL. Appellants brought claims against Sunset and KCL based on theories of federal and state control-person liability and common law theories of secondary liability. The district court granted Sunset’s and KCL’s motions to dismiss for failure to state a claim and denied Appellants’ motions for…
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