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Vanover v. Kansas City Life Insurance Co.

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided March 27, 1989No. Civ. 880213PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESCHKE, Justice.

Edward D. Vanover appealed from a summary judgment dismissing his defamation suit against Kansas City Life Insurance Company and James B. Slusher, its associate general counsel. We reverse and remand.

Vanover was a general agent for Kansas and for Armour Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Kansas, until terminated in 1983. This suit is over statements allegedly made by Kansas and Slusher about the reason for Vanover’s termination. We consider the effect of two prior proceedings between Vanover, Armour and Kansas.

In 1984, Vanover started a proceeding against Armour with the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Carney v. Memorial Hospital & Nursing Home of Greene CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
  2. United States v. Merrill KarlenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  3. Peacock v. Sundre TownshipNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  4. Dennis v. DennisNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
  5. McCue v. Equity Co-Operative Publishing Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1918

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3Cited by21 opinions

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  4. Kief Farmers Cooperative Elevator Co. v. Farmland Mutual InsuranceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Skopp v. First Federal SavingsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1989

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