SPV-LS, LLC v. TRANSAMERICA LIFE INS. CO.

No. 17-3177, No. 17-3179.

912 F.3d 1106 (2019)

SPV-LS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellee v. TRANSAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant. Nachman Bergman, as Trustee of the N Bergman Insurance Trust Dated December 18, 2006; Malka Silberman, as Successor Trustee of the N Bergman Insurance Trust Dated December 18, 2006; Life Trading Trust, Dated August 8, 2007; T-Leg, LLC, Also Known As TLEG LLC; Financial Life Services, LLC; SPV II LLC, Third Party Defendants. The Representative of the Estate of Nancy Bergman, Third Party Defendant-Appellant SPV-LS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Transamerica Life Insurance Company, Defendant. Nachman Bergman, as Trustee of the N Bergman Insurance Trust Dated December 18, 2006; Malka Silberman, as Successor Trustee of the N Bergman Insurance Trust Dated December 18, 2006; Life Trading Trust, Dated August 8, 2007; T-Leg, LLC, Also Known As TLEG LLC; Financial Life Services, LLC; SPV II LLC, Third Party Defendants. The Representative of the Estate of Nancy Bergman, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: January 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa Louise Beane , Eric John Magnuson , ROBINS & KAPLAN, Minneapolis, MN, Douglas A. Foss , Svetlana K. Ivy , HARRIS & BEACH, Pittsford, NY, Brendan V. Johnson , U.S. Attorney, ROBINS & KAPLAN, Sioux Falls, SD, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Herbert Beigel , HERBERT BEIGEL AND ASSOCIATES, Tucson, AZ, Brian James Donahoe , DONAHOE LAW FIRM, Sioux Falls, SD, Gerald L. Kroll , KROLL LAW CORPORATION, Santa Barbara, CA, for Third Party Defendants-Appellants.

Before SHEPHERD, KELLY, and STRAS, Circuit Judges.


The Estate of Nancy Bergman (the Estate), through its personal representative, appeals a district court order denying its motion for reconsideration of an adverse grant of summary judgment. SPV-LS, LLC (SPV) cross-appeals the district court's denial of 28 U.S.C. § 1927 and Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(g)(3) sanctions against...

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