Legal Opinion
The Nodaway Valley Bank v. Continental Casualty Company
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 16, 1990No. 89-2185WMPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
The Nodaway Valley Bank brought this diversity action to recover a settlement payment and attorney’s fees from Continental Casualty Company, which issued a liability policy that covered only Nodaway Valley’s directors and officers. The insured individuals, together with certain uninsured corporations and individuals, paid $500,000 to settle a suit brought by the United Missouri Bank and also incurred a total of $300,497 in attorneys’ fees and expenses. The district court,1 715 F.Supp. 1458, held that Continental Casualty was responsible for $450,000 of the…
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