Legal Opinion
Rivet v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 12, 2009No. 07-1864UnpublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUTTON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from a six-week jury trial, as well as a related bench trial, that led to a $4.2 million verdict and several declaratory judgments, premised on fraud and fiduciary breach, against attorney Mark Silverman and State Farm claim representative Linda Swagler. We affirm.
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In 1997, Linda Swagler, a State Farm claim representative, hired Silverman to represent her daughter in a medical-malpractice claim against a hospital. As the case proceeded, Swagler kept her supervisor at State Farm informed about its progress' — and about her growing admiration for…
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