CHEROKEE INS. CO. v. E.W. BLANCH CO.

No. 94-5110.

66 F.3d 117 (1995)

CHEROKEE INSURANCE COMPANY, By and Through David S. WEED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.W. BLANCH COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Hubbard (briefed), Brenner Lackey Van Meter (argued and briefed), Weed, Hubbard, Berry & Doughty, Nashville, TN, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jay S. Bowen, Bass, Berry & Sims, Nashville, TN, Daniel P. O'Keefe (argued and briefed), Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, for defendant-appellee E.W. Blanch Co.

Daniel P. O'Keefe, Dorsey & Whitney, Minneapolis, MN, for defendants-appellees E.W. Blanch, Jr., Andrew M. O'Brien, Clifford English and Frank S. Wilkinson, General Partners.

Before: NELSON and SUHRHEINRICH, Circuit Judges; SMITH, District Judge.


DAVID A. NELSON, Circuit Judge.

The issue we address in this appeal is whether the defendant, a reinsurance broker, was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on a claim that it failed to exercise due care in examining the financial strength of certain reinsurers it recommended to the plaintiff insurance company. On cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court resolved this issue in favor of the defendant. We conclude, upon de novo review, that the...

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