Legal Opinion
Rakes v. Life Investors Insurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2009No. 08-2626PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
Robert Rakes and Robert Hollander (plaintiffs), the named plaintiffs in a purported class action lawsuit against Life Investors Insurance Company of America (Life Investors), appeal from the district court’s 1 order denying their motion for a continuance under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56(f) and granting summary judgment in favor of Life Investors on their claims of fraud and tortious breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing (bad faith). We affirm.
I. Background
Rakés and Hollander purchased long term care (LTC) insurance from Life Investors.…
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