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- Title: Cawiezell v. Franklin Life Insurance
- Author : Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 27, 2000
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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Roger Cawiezell d/b/a Cawiezell Financial Services ("Cawiezell") sued Franklin Life Insurance Company and The American Franklin Life Insurance Company (collectively "Franklin") alleging that he had been wrongfully terminated from his employment as a regional manager for Franklin. Cawiezells complaint alleges fraud, deceit, negligent and intentional misrepresentation, estoppel, waiver, ratification and laches, wrongful termination under the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act, and violation of the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practice Act. Both Cawiezell and Franklin moved for summary judgment. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Franklin holding: (1) Franklin did not violate the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act by terminating Cawiezells contract without good cause because that statute did not apply; (2) the implied duty of good faith cannot override the "at will" termination clause in the regional manager contract; (3) Cawiezells claims in tort and equity fail because his wrongful termination allegations fail; (4) Cawiezell states no claim under the North Carolina Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act because all disputes between the parties under the regional manager contract are governed by Illinois law. We affirm.