United States Eighth Circuit

Purchase agreement by which defendant sold its long-term nursing home healthcare insurance business to plaintiff obligated plaintiff to defend claims brought by an insured. Requiring plaintiff to indemnify defendant for attorney's fees and costs did not violate Pennsylvania public policy; district court's substantial reduction of defendant's claim for fees and costs was not an abuse of discretion.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2004
• Published 01/07/2004

Judges

• BYE, Circuit Judge., Before BYE, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MELLOY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant/cross-appellee was Steven K. Huffer of Indianapolis, IN., Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee/cross-appellant was Gary J. Haugen of Minneapolis, MN.