Kaler v. Bala’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate ·

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1. “). Bala received a letter from Guardian letting her know that she could reinstate the policy if she paid the outstanding premium payments. After the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the convictions and accompanying forfeiture orders, the DOJ returned the $64,000 to Guardian. Guardian informed Bala that if she paid $6,074.01 in unpaid premiums, she could reinstate the policy. She did not do so. In 2009, Bala could have reinstated the policy if she paid about $28,000 in unpaid premiums. She did not do so. Then, in 2009, Guardian”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Racing Servs., Inc.

2. “By specifically providing for rights only in the event of a surrender by Bala, and not for a surrender generally or for some other type of triggering event (such as termination by a court, the DOJ, the insurer, or the Trustee for the employer)....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Racing Servs., Inc.

3. “[I]t is clear to our court that the policy was terminated in an inequitable manner without court approval at the apparent behest of the DOJ which , at the time, had the duty to preserve the policy but not the right to cancel it.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Racing Servs., Inc.