SHEPARD v. EMPLOYERS MUT. CAS. CO.

No. 20-2835.

998 F.3d 330 (2021)

Gregory M. SHEPARD, Plaintiff-Appellant v. EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY; Bruce G. Kelley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 19, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas K. Cauley, Jr. , Steven E. Sexton , Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Stephen R. Eckley , Eckley Law PLLC, Des Moines, IA for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Philip C. Babler , Attorney, Bryan B. House , Eric Pearson , Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, WI, Beth I.Z. Boland , Foley & Lardner, Boston, MA, Joseph S. Harper , Foley & Lardner, Madison, WI, John E. Lande , Dickinson & Mackaman, Des Moines, IA, for Defendant-Appellant Employers Mutual Casualty Company.

Terri Combs , Faegre & Drinker, Des Moines, IA, Jeffrey Justman , Faegre & Drinker, Minneapolis, MN, Daniel Robert Kelley , Faegre & Drinker, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee Bruce G. Kelley.

Before GRUENDER, BENTON, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Gregory M. Shepard sued Employers Mutual Casualty Company and Bruce G. Kelley, asserting a claim for breach of fiduciary duty. The district court1 dismissed his complaint, ruling the claim was derivative in nature and he failed to meet the filing requirements. See Fed. R. Civ...

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