ESTATE OF MALKIN v. WELLS FARGO BANK, NA

No. 19-14689.

998 F.3d 1186 (2021)

ESTATE OF Phyllis M. MALKIN, By its Personal Representative, Toni Ellen Guarnero, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, as Securities Intermediary, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee, Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska, Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 27, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph M. Kelleher , Gregory James Star , Michael J. Miller , Cozen O'Connor, Philadelphia, PA, Daniel O. Mena , Martha Rosa Mora , Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Garro, LLP, Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Ginger D. Anders , Donald Beaton Verrilli, Jr. , Brendan B. Gants , Munger Tolles & Olson, LLP, Washington, DC, Rebecca Jo Canamero , Monica V. Castro , Raul Cosio , Scott Daniel Ponce , Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Philip E. Rothschild , Holland & Knight, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Abigail Grieco Corbett , Samuel Olds Patmore , Jay B. Shapiro , Attorney, Albert D. Lichy, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, PA, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Before MARTIN, GRANT, and BRASHER, Circuit Judges.


This appeal involves a dispute over what Phyllis Malkin's Estate calls an illegal stranger-originated life insurance ("STOLI") policy. The Delaware Supreme Court—the controlling authority on the state law issues in this case—has described STOLI policies as wagering contracts in which "a life insurance policy...

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