US FRAMING INTERNATIONAL LLC v. CONTINENTAL BUILDING COMPANY; RICK ADANTE; TODD ALEXANDER; BRENT BAKER; CHRIS ITALIANO; GREGORY RAY; PAUL SOHA - Articles

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US FRAMING INTERNATIONAL LLC v. CONTINENTAL BUILDING COMPANY; RICK ADANTE; TODD ALEXANDER; BRENT BAKER; CHRIS ITALIANO; GREGORY RAY; PAUL SOHA

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 7, 2025

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ON BRIEF: Daniel Bryan Thomas, Kyle Doiron, Timothy Alex Rodriguez, BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS LLP, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ON BRIEF: Richard Kalson, COZEN O’CONNOR, New York, New York, W. Paul Whitt, LEWIS THOMASON, P.C., Knoxville, Tennessee, for Appellees.

Judge(s): GILMAN, STRANCH, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville

LARSEN, Circuit Judge. Continental Building Co., a general contractor, entered into a subcontract with US Framing International for framing services on two student-housing projects. After a disagreement arose between the parties, US Framing left the project, and Continental filed an insurance claim on the premise that US Framing had breached the subcontract. US Framing then sued Continental and several of its officers, alleging that Continental had committed insurance fraud under Tennessee law. The district court granted Continental’s motion to dismiss because US Framing failed to plead any injury directly caused by Continental’s allegedly fraudulent insurance claim. We AFFIRM.

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