Judge Nixes Fraud, Specific Performance Claims In Reinsurer’s Breach Lawsuit

(March 29, 2024, 9:55 AM EDT) -- FORT WORTH, Texas — Granting motions for dismissal of all but two claims in a reinsurer’s case over allegedly inflated provisional commissions and breach of various agreements, a Texas federal judge called the case “a lesson in Murphy’s Law for unwitting contractees” and ruled that “bad looks cannot support a fraud claim where the resulting harm was merely contractual.”...