TRUSTMARK v. GENERAL & COLOGNE LIFE RE OF AMERICA

No. 04-3216.

424 F.3d 542 (2005)

TRUSTMARK INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GENERAL & COLOGNE LIFE RE OF AMERICA, formerly known as Cologne Life Reinsurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antony S. Burt, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael R. Hassan, Lord Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ROVNER, WILLIAMS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Surely, if there is any moral to this story, it is to "get it in writing." It is astounding in this day and age to find it necessary to repeat this admonition, but no less so than to find a sophisticated party willing to leverage an agreement involving multiple years and millions of dollars solely on the enforceability of a simple handshake. Yet that is precisely what has happened in this case. Plaintiff Trustmark Insurance Company ("Trustmark...

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