OMMEN v. RINGLEE

No. 18-0335.

941 N.W.2d 310 (2020)

Doug OMMEN, in His Capacity as Liquidator of CoOportunity Health, and Dan Watkins, in His Capacity as Special Deputy Liquidator of CoOportunity Health, Appellees, v. Stephen RINGLEE, David Lyons, and Clifford Gold, Defendants, and Milliman, Inc., Kimberley Hiemenz, and Michael Strum, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed April 3, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen H. Locher of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, Reid L. Ashinoff and Justin N. Kattan of Dentons US LLP, New York, New York, Stephen R. Eckley (until withdrawal), Matthew C. McDermott , and Christopher J. Jessen of Belin McCormick, P.C., Des Moines, for appellants.

Kirsten A. Byrd of Husch Blackwell LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, and Kevin J. Driscoll and John David Hilmes of Finley Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, for appellees.


In 2014, a multimillion dollar Iowa-based health-insurance provider collapsed. The question we must answer is whether a court-appointed liquidator of the now-insolvent health insurer, pursuing common law tort claims against a third-party contractor, is bound by an arbitration provision in a preinsolvency agreement between...

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