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Michael J. McGill, Conservator and Guardian for Bernice G.J. Thissell Plaintiff and Appellant v. American Life and Casualty Insurance Company a/k/a Conseco Company, Dean Nordseth, and Ennis E. Lund Defendants and Appellees and James D. Thissell, Charles W. Thissel, and David R. Thissell Defendants [2000 SD 153] South Dakota Supreme Court Appeal from the Circuit Court of The Second Judicial Circuit Lincoln County, South Dakota Hon. Richard Bogue, Judge Jonathan K. Van Patten, Vermillion, South Dakota Robert J. Burns, Burns Law Firm, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Robert A. Christenson, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant Robert C. Riter, Jr., Riter, Mayer, Hofer, Wattier & Brown, Pierre, South Dakota Steven K. Huffer, Huffer & Weathers, Indianapolis, Indiana Attorneys for defendants and appellees American Life and Casualty Insurance Company John E. Simko, Woods, Fuller, Shultz & Smith, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Attorneys for defendant and appellee Ennis E. Lund Argued April 25, 2000, Reassigned October 17, 2000 Opinion Filed 12/13/2000

GILBERTSON, Justice (on reassignment). [¶1.] Michael J. McGill, as Conservator and Guardian for Bernice G. J. Thissell, sued American Life and Casualty Company and two of its agents for negligence, negligent misrepresentation, fraud, deceit, breach of fiduciary relationship and breach of contract. The circuit court granted summary judgment in favor of American Life, finding that as a matter of law, McGill

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