JO ANN HOWARD AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. v. CASSITY

No. 15-3872, No. 15-3878.

868 F.3d 637 (2017)

JO ANN HOWARD AND ASSOCIATES, P.C., Special Deputy Receiver of Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company, Memorial Service Life Insurance Company, and National Prearranged Services, Inc.; National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations; Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Illinois Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Kansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Oklahoma Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. Douglas CASSITY; Randall Sutton; Brent D. Cassity; Tyler J. Cassity; Rhonda L. Cassity; Katherine P. Scannell; Randall J. Singer; Howard A. Wittner; Wittner, Spewark and Maylack, PC; David R. Wulf; Wulf, Bates and Murphy, Inc.; Michael R. Butler; Lennie J. Cappleman; James M. Crawford; Larry Keith Hale; Tony B. Lumpkin, III; Erin P. Engle; Nekol Province; Roxanne J. Schnieders; Kelly Tate; George Wise, III; Marianne Jones; Anne Chrun; National Heritage Enterprises, Inc.; Forever Enterprises, Inc., formerly known as Lincoln Heritage Corporation; Lincoln Memorial Services, Inc.; Forever Network, Inc.; Forever Illinois, Inc.; Hollywood Forever, Inc.; Texas Forever, Inc.; National Prearranged Services Agency, Inc.; Legacy International Imports, Inc.; Wise, Mitchell and Associates, LTD; Brentwood Heritage Properties, LLC; Brennen Bank and Trust Company, Defendants, National City Bank, Defendant-Appellant, Marshall and Ilsley Trust Company, N.A.; Southwest Bank; U.S. Bank, N.A.; Bank of America, N.A.; American Stock Transfer and Trust Company; Comerica Bank and Trust, N.A.; Brown Smith Wallace, LLC; John Does, 1-25; Rhonda L. Cassity, Inc., Defendants, PNC Bank, N.A., Defendant-Appellant, BMO Harris Bank, N.A.; Richard Markow; Herbert Morisse, Defendants, American Bankers Association; Missouri Bankers Association, Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s). Jo Ann Howard and Associates, P.C., Special Deputy Receiver of Lincoln Memorial Life Insurance Company, Memorial Service Life Insurance Company, and National Prearranged Services, Inc.; National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations; Missouri Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Texas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Illinois Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Kansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Oklahoma Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Kentucky Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association; Arkansas Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J. Douglas Cassity; Randall Sutton; Brent D. Cassity; Tyler J. Cassity; Rhonda L. Cassity; Katherine P. Scannell; Randall J. Singer; Howard A. Wittner; Wittner, Spewark and Maylack, PC; David R. Wulf; Wulf, Bates and Murphy, Inc.; Michael R. Butler; Lennie J. Cappleman; James M. Crawford; Larry Keith Hale; Tony B. Lumpkin, III; Erin P. Engle; Nekol Province; Roxanne J. Schnieders; Kelly Tate; George Wise, III; Marianne Jones; Anne Chrun; National Heritage Enterprises, Inc.; Forever Enterprises, Inc., formerly known as Lincoln Heritage Corporation; Lincoln Memorial Services, Inc.; Forever Network, Inc.; Forever Illinois, Inc.; Hollywood Forever, Inc.; Texas Forever, Inc.; National Prearranged Services Agency, Inc.; Legacy International Imports, Inc.; Wise, Mitchell and Associates, LTD; Brentwood Heritage Properties, LLC; Brennen Bank and Trust Company, Defendants, National City Bank, Defendant-Appellee, Marshall and Ilsley Trust Company, N.A.; Southwest Bank; U.S. Bank, N.A.; Bank of America, N.A.; American Stock Transfer and Trust Company; Comerica Bank and Trust, N.A.; Brown Smith Wallace, LLC; John Does, 1-25; Rhonda L. Cassity, Inc., Defendants, PNC Bank, N.A., Defendant-Appellee, BMO Harris Bank, N.A.; Richard Markow; Herbert Morisse, Defendants, American Bankers Association; Missouri Bankers Association, Amici on Behalf of Appellee(s).

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 17, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Farrell A. Carfield , Robert J. Kelly , Clare S. Pennington , Larry Pozner , Daniel M. Reilly , Michael P. Robertson , Reilly & Pozner, Sean Connelly , Zonies Law, Denver, CO, Morry Sean Cole , Maurice B. Graham , Gray & Ritter, Saint Louis, MO, Eric John Magnuson , Robins & Kaplan, Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Michele (Mike) W. Bartolacci , Thompson & Coburn, James F. Bennett , Caitlin E. O'Connell , Dowd & Bennett, Saint Louis, MO, Teagan J. Gregory , J. Andrew Keyes , Stephen Raber , Amy Saharia , Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

Susan Ford Robertson , The Robertson Law Group, Kansas City, MO, for Amici on Behalf of Appellant(s).

Before COLLOTON, MELLOY, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


PNC Bank appeals a jury verdict in favor of special deputy receiver Jo Ann Howard and Associates, P.C., and a group of state guaranty associations (together, Appellees). The jury found PNC liable for negligence and breach of fiduciary duty in violation of its duties as trustee of various preneed trusts created by National...

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