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    The document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. James Joyce, an insurance broker, sued two insurance companies (The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Benefits Marketing Group) for lost commissions. The district court granted summary judgment for the insurance companies, finding they owed no duty to Joyce beyond their contractual agreement and that their actions did not cause Joyce's lost commissions. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision, finding no errors in the lower court's reasoning or judgment.

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    Filed: 1994-08-15 Precedential Status: Non-Precedential Citations: 32 F.3d 562 Docket: 93-2416

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    The document summarizes a court case from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. James Joyce, an insurance broker, sued two insurance companies (The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and Benefits Marketing Group) for lost commissions. The district court granted summary judgment for the insurance companies, finding they owed no duty to Joyce beyond their contractual agreement and that their actions did not cause Joyce's lost commissions. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's decision, finding no errors in the lower court's reasoning or judgment.

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    32 F.

    3d 562

    NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of


    unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing
    res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires
    service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth
    Circuit.
    James JOYCE, Plaintiff-Appellant,
    v.
    BENEFITS MARKETING GROUP, INCORPORATED; The
    Lincoln
    National Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 93-2416.

    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.


    Argued July 13, 1994.
    Decided Aug. 15, 1994.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, District Judge. (CA-93-475-A)
    Argued Joseph Peter Drennan, Alexandria, VA, for appellant.
    Charles H. Fleischer, Marsh, Fleischer & Quiggle, Chartered, Bethesda,
    MD, for appellees.
    On brief William J. Bethune, Marsh, Fleischer, & Quiggle, Chartered,
    Bethesda, MD, for appellees.
    E.D.Va.
    AFFIRMED.
    Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge, and
    BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.
    OPINION
    PER CURIAM:

    Appellant James Joyce, an insurance broker, brought this action against The
    Lincoln National Life Insurance Company and its wholly owned affiliate,
    Benefits Marketing Group (collectively, the "Insurers") in April 1993, claiming
    damages for commissions on sales of insurance policies to a prospective client
    that Joyce allegedly lost as a result of the Insurers' negligence, negligent
    misrepresentation, tortious interference with prospective economic advantage,
    and breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

    The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Insurers on all
    claims on the grounds that the Insurers owed Joyce no duty independent of
    those contained in the "Producer Contract," which governed the contractual
    relationship between the Insurers and Joyce, and that there was no causal
    connection between the Insurers' alleged failures and Joyce's claimed loss of
    commissions. Joyce timely appealed the district court's judgment. His appeal is
    limited to the claims of negligent misrepresentation and breach of covenant of
    good faith and fair dealing.

    Having considered the record in this case and the briefs, and after oral
    argument, we find that the opinion of the district court thoroughly investigated
    the relevant facts and reached the correct conclusions of law. James Joyce v.
    Lincoln National Life Insurance Co. and Benefits Marketing Group, No. 93475-A (E.D. Va. October 5, 1993). We find no error in the reasoning or
    judgment of the district court and, therefore, affirm on that basis.

    AFFIRMED.

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