NEW HEIGHTS FARM I v. GREAT AM. INS.

No. 24-1087.

119 F.4th 455 (2024)

NEW HEIGHTS FARM I, LLC; a Michigan limited liability company, Stacy Boersen; New Heights Farm II, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company; Nicholas Boersen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY; Federal Crop Insurance Corporation; United States Department of Agriculture, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 15, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL ON BRIEF: Ronald J. VanderVeen, CUNNINGHAM DALMAN, PC, Holland, Michigan, for Appellants. Thomas C. James, Jr., SANDERS & ASSOCIATES, LPA, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee Great American Insurance Company. Laura A. Babinsky, UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Federal Appellees.

Before: SUTTON, Chief Judge; READLER and BLOOMEKATZ, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Nicholas and Stacy Boerson submitted crop insurance claims to Great American Insurance Company after a disappointing corn and soybean harvest. When the insurer declined to cover the claims until the resolution of a federal fraud investigation, they sued for breach of contract, bad faith adjustment, and violations...

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