BancInsure, Inc. v. McCaffree

3 F. Supp. 3d 904, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24941, 2014 WL 791159
CourtDistrict Court, D. Kansas
DecidedFebruary 27, 2014
DocketCivil Action No. 12-2110-KHV
StatusPublished
Cited by2 cases

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BancInsure, Inc. v. McCaffree, 3 F. Supp. 3d 904, 2014 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24941, 2014 WL 791159 (D. Kan. 2014).

Opinion

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

KATHRYN H. VRATIL, District Judge.

In this removed action, Banclnsure, Inc. seeks a declaratory judgment that it owes no duty of coverage under a directors and officers insurance policy which it issued to the Columbian Bank and Trust Company and its directors and officers for claims which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) asserted against former bank directors. Defendants in this case are former bank directors Carl L. McCaf-free, Jimmy D. Helvey and Sam McCaf-free (“individual defendants”) and FDIC.1 The individual defendants bring counterclaims for declaratory judgment. This matter is before the Court on the following cross-motions for summary judgment: (1) Plaintiff’s Motion For Summary Judgment (Doc. # 127) filed May 6, 2013; (2) Defendants Carl McCaffree’s, Sam McCaf-free’s, And Jim Helvey’s Motion For Summary Judgment (Doc. # 147) filed June 10, 2013; and (3) the Motion For Summary Judgment Of Defendant Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation As Receiver Of The Columbian Bank And Trust Company (Doc. # 151) filed June 10, 2013. For reasons set forth below, the Court finds that Banclnsure’s motion should be sustained and that the motions of the individual defendants and FDIC should be overruled.

Legal Standards

Summary judgment is appropriate if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c); Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 247, 106 S.Ct. 2505, 91 L.Ed.2d 202 (1986); Vitkus v. Beatrice Co., 11 F.3d 1535, 1538-39 (10th Cir.1993). A “genuine” factual dispute is one “on which the [907]*907jury could reasonably find for the plaintiff,” and requires more than a mere scintilla of evidence. Liberty Lobby, All U.S. at 252,106 S.Ct. 2505. A factual dispute is “material” only if it “might affect the outcome of the suit under the governing law.” Id. at 248,106 S.Ct. 2505.

The moving party bears the initial burden of showing that there are no genuine issues of material fact. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322-23, 106 S.Ct. 2548, 91 L.Ed.2d 265 (1986); Justice v. Crown Cork & Seal Co., 527 F.3d 1080, 1085 (10th Cir.2008). Once the moving party meets this burden, the burden shifts to the nonmoving party to show that a genuine issue remains for trial with respect to the dispositive matters for which the nonmoving party carries the burden of proof. Nat’l Am. Ins. Co. v. Am. Re-Ins. Co., 358 F.3d 736, 739 (10th Cir.2004); see Matsushita Elec. Indus. Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574, 586-87, 106 S.Ct. 1348, 89 L.Ed.2d 538 (1986). As to these matters, the nonmoving party may not rest on the pleadings but must set forth specific facts. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(e)(2); Matsushita, 475 U.S. at 586-87, 106 S.Ct. 1348; Justice, 527 F.3d at 1085. Conclusory allegations not supported by evidence are insufficient to establish a genuine issue of material fact. Jarvis v. Potter, 500 F.3d 1113, 1120 (10th Cir.2007); see Kidd v. Taos Ski Valley, Inc., 88 F.3d 848, 853 (10th Cir.1996).

When applying this standard, the Court must view the factual record in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion for summary judgment. Duvall v. Ga.-Pac. Consumer Prods., L.P., 607 F.3d 1255, 1260 (10th Cir.2010); see Ricci v. DeStefano, 557 U.S. 557, 586, 129 S.Ct. 2658, 174 L.Ed.2d 490 (2009). Summary judgment may be granted if the nonmoving party’s evidence is merely colorable or is not significantly probative. Liberty Lobby, 477 U.S. at 250-51, 106 S.Ct. 2505. Essentially, the inquiry is “whether the evidence presents a sufficient disagreement to require submission to the jury or whether it is so one-sided that one party must prevail as a matter of law.” Id. at 251-52,106 S.Ct. 2505.

Facts

The following facts are stipulated or un-controverted:

Banclnsure issued Directors and Officers Liability Insurance Policy No. 15D000163-2 (“the Policy”) to Columbian Bank and Trust Company effective May 11, 2007 to May 11, 2010, subject to an annual renewal process. On August 22, 2008, the Kansas State Bank Commissioner declared the bank insolvent and appointed FDIC as receiver. Three years later, FDIC filed suit in this Court against former Columbian officers and directors, including the individual defendants. FDIC v. McCaffree, Civil Action No. 11-2447-JAR/KGS (filed Aug. 9, 2011) (“the underlying D & O action”). In that case, FDIC alleged that defendants had breached their fiduciary duties and acted negligently in originating and/or approving risky commercial real estate loans from November of 2004 through May of 2008 and failing to properly supervise bank lending functions. FDIC claimed damages of $52 million.

Before FDIC had filed suit but after it asserted claims against the individual defendants and other bank officers and directors (collectively “the insured officers and directors”), the insured officers and directors requested coverage under the Policy. After agreeing to advance defense costs under a reservation of rights, Ban-clnsure filed this action against the insured officers and directors in the District Court of Johnson County, Kansas, seeking a declaration that the Policy provides no coverage for any claims that FDIC might assert against them.

By way of a settlement between Bancln-sure, the individual defendants and FDIC [908]*908in February of 2013, the parties resolved the underlying D & 0 action. Specifically, the individual defendants agreed to confess judgment in favor of FDIC for $5 million (the amount of the Policy limits). The parties agree that the amount of the confessed judgment is reasonable in light of the FDIC claims and the likelihood of a jury verdict substantially in excess of policy limits if the case had proceeded to trial. To date, the individual defendants have paid $750,000 and Banclnsure has paid $250,000 in partial satisfaction of the judgment.2

The Policy

The Policy is a claims-made policy in which Banclnsure, in relevant part, agrees to pay “on behalf of the Insured Persons, Loss which the Insured Persons shall be legally obligated to pay.” Policy § I.A. (Doc. # 128-3). The individual defendants are “Insured Persons” under the Policy. Id. § IV.A-B, Decl. Item 1. The Policy contains a so-called “insured v. insured” exclusion which provides that “[t]he Insurer shall not be liable ...

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