United States Fourth Circuit

The district court properly determined that defendant-insurance company's claim against plaintiff-debtor was entitled to priority status under 11 U.S.C. section 507(a)(4).

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/20/2005
• Published 04/20/2005

Judges

• Before LUTTIG and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and WILSON, United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Charles M. Ivey, III, Ivey, McClellan, Gatton & Talcott, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.  David Marion Warren, Poyner & Spruill, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, for Appellee.  G. Eric Brunstad, Jr., Bingham McCutchen, L.L.P., Hartford, Connecticut, for Amici Curiae Supporting Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  John M. Blust, Ivey, McClellan, Gatton & Talcott, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant.  Deborah E. Sperati, Poyner & Spruill, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, for Appellee.  Margaret M. Anderson, Hugh S. Balsam, Lord, Bissell & Brook, L.L.P., Chicago, Illinois, for Amici Curiae Supporting Appellee.