Legal Opinion

Universal Settlements International, Inc. v. National Viatical, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided June 11, 2014No. 13-1959, 13-1960UnpublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COLE, Circuit Judge.

An oral settlement agreement fell apart after National Viatical (“National Viatical”) and James Torchia accused Universal Settlements International (“Universal Settlements”) of publishing confidential settlement terms on its publicly-accessible website. National Viatical and Torchia sued for breach of contract, and the district court granted summary judgment to Universal Settlements. Because there is no genuine dispute of material fact as to whether a breach of confidentiality occurred, we affirm the grant of summary judgment. In a separate opinion, the district…

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