· 7/16/2004
Sphere Drake Insurance Limited v. American General Life Insurance Company
Citations
- 376 F.3d 664
- 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 14649
How courts have described this case
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- holding no ratification occurred because principal acted promptly after conducting reasonable investigation once it learned of agents unauthorized acts
- actual authority exists when “the principal explicitly grants the agent the authority to perform a particular act”
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