CRANLEY v. NATIONAL LIFE INS. CO. OF VERMONT

Nos. 2:99-CV-323, 2:99-CV-348.

144 F.Supp.2d 291 (2001)

John J. CRANLEY III and Julius Grad, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated policyholders of National Life of Vermont, Plaintiffs, v. NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF VERMONT, National Life Holding Company, NLV Financial Corporation, Patrick E. Welch, Thomas H. MacLeay, James A. Mallon, William A. Smith, Rodney A. Buck, Gregory H. Doremus, Charles C. Kittredge, Robert E. Boardman, David R. Coates, Benjamin F. Edwards III, Earle H. Harbison, Jr., Roger B. Porter, E. Miles Prentice III, Thomas P. Salmon, A. Gary Shilling, Thomas R. Williams, Patricia K. Woolf, and Elizabeth Costle, Defendants. Walter J. and Betty Birdsall, on behalf of themselves and all other similarly situated policyholders of National Life of Vermont, Plaintiffs, v. National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, National Life Holding Company, NLV Financial Corporation, Patrick E. Welch, Thomas H. MacLeay, James A. Mallon, William A. Smith, Rodney A. Buck, Gregory H. Doremus, Charles C. Kittredge, Robert E. Boardman, David R. Coates, Benjamin F. Edwards III, Earle H. Harbison, Jr., Roger B. Porter, E. Miles Prentice III, Thomas P. Salmon, A. Gary Shilling, Thomas R. Williams, Patricia K. Woolf, and Elizabeth Costle, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey W. Crawford, O'Neill, Crawford & Green, Burlington, VT, Stanley M. Chesley, Robert A. Steinberg, Terrence L. Goodman, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A., Cincinnati, OH, Richard S. Wayne, William K. Flynn, Steven F. Stuhlbarg, Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, OH, Howard Specter, David Manogue, Joseph N. Kravec, Jr., Specter, Specter, Evans & Manogue, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, Michael G. Lange, John P. Zavez, Patrick T. Egan, Berman, DeValerio & Pease, Boston, MA, Jody Edward Anderman, LeBlanc, Maples & Waddell, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs.

Robert Stephen Burke, Montpelier, VT, Jeffrey B. Rudman, John G. Fabiano, Andrea J. Robinson, Peter A. Speath, Sharon C. Simpson, Anita K. Krug, Hale and Dorr, LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


OPINION AND ORDER

SESSIONS, District Judge.

This class action lawsuit challenges the reorganization of National Life Insurance Company ("National Life") from a mutual insurance company to a mutual insurance holding company, pursuant to Section 3441 of Title 8 of Vermont Statutes Annotated. Vt.Stat.Ann. tit. 8, § 3441 (Supp.2000). The Plaintiffs, National Life policyholders, allege that the reorganization...

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