MORLAN v. UNIVERSAL GUAR. LIFE INS. CO.

No. 01-3795.

298 F.3d 609 (2002)

David A. MORLAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 26, 2002.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Leyh (Argued), Gladstone, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michelle D. Wyrick, Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Louisville, KY, James B. Bleyer, Bleyer & Bleyer, Marion, IL, Henry E. Kinser (Argued), Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, Lexington, KY, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 20, 2002.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal of a class action presents novel issues at the intersection of bankruptcy and class action law. A procedural chronology will help in framing them.

April 1999. David Morlan files this class action suit as the representative of a class of insurance agents of the defendants, affiliated insurance companies that

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