GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Alfred W. GROSS, Commissioner of Insurance, Bureau of Insurance, State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as Deputy Receiver of The Reciprocal Group and Reciprocal of America, in Receivership; Paula A. Flowers, Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance for the State of Tennessee, as Liquidator for Doctors Insurance Reciprocal, American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal and the Reciprocal Alliance; Kenneth R. Patterson; Carolyn B. Hudgins; John William "B" Crews; Judith A. Kelley; Richard W.E. "Dick" Bland; Ronald K. Davis, M.D.; Gordon D. McLean; Thomas K. Smith; Gerald R. Wages; William T. Sugg; John N. Bethay, Defendants-Appellees.
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Argued: September 18, 2006.
Decided: October 30, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ARGUED: Peter Francis Lovato, III, Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black, L.L.C., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. J. Jonathan Schraub, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, McLean, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Ellen D. Jenkins, Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black, L.L.C., Chicago, Illinois; James Skarzynski, Cecilia W. Kaiser, Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black, L.L.C., New York, New York; John M. Claytor, Elizabeth E.S. Skilling, Harman, Claytor, Corrigan & Wellman, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Danny M. Howell, Paige A. Levy, Timothy K. Halloran, Sands, Anderson, Marks & Miller, McLean, Virginia, for Appellees John William "B" Crews, Judith A. Kelley, and Gordon D. McLean; Patrick H. Cantilo, Pierre J. Riou, Susan E. Salch, Cantilo & Bennett, L.L.P., Austin, Texas, John Conrad, JoAnne L. Nolte, The Conrad Firm, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Alfred W. Gross, Commissioner of Insurance, Bureau of Insurance, State Corporation Commission of the Commonwealth of Virginia, as Deputy Receiver of the Reciprocal Group and Reciprocal of America, in Receivership; Charles F. Witthoefft, Michael P. Falzone, Hirschler Fleischer, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellees Kenneth R. Patterson and Carolyn B. Hudgins; Robert M. Tyler, Christine D. Mehfoud, McGuirewoods, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia, Robert F. Northcutt, Capell & Howard, P.C., Montgomery, Alabama, for Appellee John N. Bethay; Russell H. Roberts, Fredericksburg, Virginia, for Appellee Richard W.E. "Dick" Bland; Curtis G. Manchester, Reed Smith, L.L.P., Richmond, Virginia, William H. Farmer, J.W. Luna, Farmer & Luna, P.L.L.C., Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee Paula A. Flowers, Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance for the State of Tennessee, as Liquidator for Doctors Insurance Reciprocal, American National Lawyers Insurance Reciprocal and THE Reciprocal Alliance; Dana J. Finberg, Leclair Ryan, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Thomas K. Smith; David N. Anthony, Mark C. Shuford, Kaufman & Canoles, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, G. Brian Jackson, Robert L. Trentham, Taylor B. Mayes, Miller & Martin, P.L.L.C., Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee William T. Sugg; Frank N. Cowan, Deborah S. O'Toole, Cowan & Jowen, P.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Ronald K. Davis; David M. Harris, Ryan J. Gavin, Andrew Margrabe, Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C., St. Louis, Missouri, Bruce M. Marshall, Durrettebradshaw, P.L.C., Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee Gerald R. Wages.
Before WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and RICHARD L. VOORHEES, United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, sitting by designation.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Senior Judge HAMILTON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Judge VOORHEES joined.
OPINION
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Before its financial collapse in 2003, Reciprocal of America (ROA) was a reciprocal insurer and reinsurer of a variety of insurance risks. The Reciprocal Group (TRG), which suffered a similar collapse in 2003, served as the management company and attorney-in-fact for ROA. In...
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