Legal Opinion
Olander v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2002No. 01-1947PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question of whether, under North Dakota law, parol evidence is permitted to interpret the termination clause of an insurance agency agreement. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant insurance companies (collectively, “State Farm”) and denied plaintiff Brian dander’s motion to set aside the judgment pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b). Because we hold there are questions of fact yet to be resolved, we reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment.
I. Background
In 1979, Brian Olander became a trainee agent for State…
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