Federal Agency Did Not Breach Contract To Reinsured Farm, 9th Circuit Concludes

Mealey's (October 25, 2017, 1:51 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal agency did not act in breach of contract or misrepresent itself to a reinsured agricultural business by declining to divulge information about an investigation against a federal crop insurer before the farm signed a settlement that led to criminal charges, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 23 (POCO LLC v. Farmer’s Crop Insurance Alliance Inc., No. 16-35310, 9th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 20853)....