RICHARD v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 07-31015.

559 F.3d 341 (2009)

Jennifer Bruney RICHARD, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated and on behalf of Dewey Bruney Estate, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.; Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated Corporation Grantor Trust, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 11, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Dane Myers (argued), Scott M. Clearman, Robert Espey, McClanahan Myers Espey, Houston, TXD, Victor James Versaggi, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Nancy Scott Degan (argued), Paul Lee Peyronnin, Matthew Aaron Woolf, Baker Donelson Bearman, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT and ELROD, Circuit Judges.


EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

This dispute arises out of a life insurance program through which Defendants-Appellees Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Incorporated Corporation Grantor Trust ("Wal-Mart") procured life insurance policies on its rank-and-file employees. These policies have been challenged for violating prohibitions on obtaining life insurance policies without an insurable interest. Plaintiff-Appellant Jennifer Bruney Richard ("Richard"...

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