CRICHTON v. GOLDEN RULE INS. CO.

No. 07-3333.

576 F.3d 392 (2009)

John H. CRICHTON, Jr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GOLDEN RULE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 5, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Becka, Cherry & Associates, Chicago, IL, Daniel E. Bacine, Mark R. Rosen (argued), Barrack, Rodos & Bacine, Philadelphia, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Lawrence R. Desideri (argued), David J. Doyle, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KANNE, EVANS, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.


SYKES, Circuit Judge.

John Crichton, Jr., sued Golden Rule Insurance Company asserting three fraud-based claims. The district court dismissed one claim with prejudice and gave Crichton an opportunity to replead the other two. That effort was unsuccessful; the district court held that the allegations in the remaining two claims failed to state a claim for relief and dismissed the case in its entirety. Crichton's appeal requires us to consider three questions: (1) whether...

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