United States Tenth Circuit

Summary judgment for plaintiff in a breach of contract claim and entry of judgment in favor of plaintiff on a bad faith claim are reversed where defendant's long term care insurance policy did not qualify plaintiff's care facility as a "Nursing Home."

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2005
• Published 12/13/2005

Judges

• EBEL, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Senior Circuit Judge, and KELLY, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John T. Edwards and Shannon L. Edwards, Monnet, Hayes, Bullis, Thompson & Edwards, Oklahoma City, OK;  Reid L. Ashinoff, Michael S. Gugig, and Joshua S. Akbar, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP, New York, NY;  and James M. Sturdivant and Timothy A. Carney, Cable & Gotwals, Tulsa, OK, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee., W.G. Gil Steidley, Jr., Michelle Harris, and Keri G. Williams, Steidley & Neal, Tulsa, OK;  and Charles D. Neal, Jr., Steidley & Neal, McAlester, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.