MCCLANAHAN v. STATE FARM LIFE INS. CO.

No. 1:22-cv-01031-STA-jay.

660 F.Supp.3d 728 (2023)

John Baker MCCLANAHAN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Melissa Buchanan, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. STATE FARM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. Tennessee, Eastern Division.

Filed March 9, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Matthew Wilkerson, Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville, NC, George Brandt, III, Henderson Brandt and Vieth, Spartanburg, SC, Melinda Coolidge, Pro Hac Vice, James L. Pizzirusson, Pro Hac Vice, Nathaniel C. Giddings, Pro Hac Vice, Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC, Kimberly A. Fetsick, Pro Hac Vice, Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY, Larry D. Lahman, Roger L. Ediger, Pro Hac Vice, Mitchell & Declerck, PLLC, Enid, OK, Sophia Goren Gold, KalielGold PLLC, Berkeley, CA, for Plaintiff Gettys Bryant Millwood.

Craig Dixon Justus, David Matthew Wilkerson, The Van Winkle Law Firm, Asheville, NC, George Brandt, III, Henderson Brandt and Vieth, Spartanburg, SC, Melinda Coolidge, Pro Hac Vice, James L. Pizzirusson, Pro Hac Vice, Nathaniel C. Giddings, Pro Hac Vice, Hausfeld LLP, Washington, DC, Kimberly A. Fetsick, Pro Hac Vice, Hausfeld LLP, New York, NY, Larry D. Lahman, Pro Hac Vice, Roger L. Ediger, Pro Hac Vice, Mitchell & Declerck, PLLC, Enid, OK, Sophia Goren Gold, Kalielgold PLLC, Berkeley, CA, for Plaintiff John Baker McClanahan.

Cari Katrice Dawson, Pro Hac Vice, Tiffany L. Powers, Pro Hac Vice, John E. Stephenson, Jr., Pro Hac Vice, John E. Stephenson, Jr., Kara Frances Kennedy, Pro Hac Vice, Tejas Surendra Patel, Pro Hac Vice, Alston & Bird LLP, Atlanta, GA, Todd Noteboom, Stinson LLP, Minneapolis, MN, Courtney J. Harrison, Pro Hac Vice, Stinson LLP, Kansas City, MO, Daniella Patricia Main, Pro Hac Vice, Alston and Bird LLP, Dallas, TX, David Carl Wohlstadter, Pro Hac Vice, Alston and Bird LLP, New York, NY, Deborah Lynn Stein, Pro Hac Vice, Marcellus Antonio McRae, Pro Hac Vice, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Jeremy A. Root, Stinson LLP, Jefferson City, MO, Joshua Tate Thompson, Perry D. Boulier, Boulier Thompson and Barnes LLC, Spartanburg, SC, Katelyn Ashton, Kyle R. Cummins, Samuel Keenan Carter, Butler Snow LLP, Memphis, TN, Kristin Andrea Linsley, Pro Hac Vice, Gibson Dunn and Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Melissa Buchanan purchased a universal life insurance policy from Defendant State Farm Life Insurance Company in 1999. One of the terms of her policy allowed State Farm to collect a monthly cost of insurance ("COI") charge, a fee deducted...

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