[DO NOT PUBLISH]
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
________________________
FILED
No. 07-10232 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
Non-Argument Calendar October 19, 2007
________________________ THOMAS K. KAHN
CLERK
D.C. Docket No. 05-00351-CV-BE-E
PRIME INSURANCE SYNDICATE, INC., THE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
THOMAS J. CONBOY,
JAMES S. ROBERTS,
TOWNES, WOODS & ROBERTS, P.C.,
Defendants-Appellees.
________________________
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Alabama
________________________
(October 19, 2007)
Before TJOFLAT, HULL and COX, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The Plaintiff appeals following the district court's grant of summary
judgment to the Defendants on all four counts of its complaint. The court erred,
the Plaintiff contends, in granting summary judgment on each of the counts. We
affirm.
Summary judgment was properly granted on the tortious interference claims
in Counts I and II because of a break in the chain of causation as outlined in the
district court's Memorandum Opinion. (R.2-86 at 6.) Similarly, summary
judgment was properly granted on the abuse of process claim in Count III for the
same reason, as explained in the district court's Memorandum Opinion. (R.2-86 at
6-7.)
And finally, summary judgment was properly granted on the Count IV civil
conspiracy claim because the Plaintiff failed to establish a tort underlying any
alleged conspiracy. We express no opinion as to whether any assignment of the
bad faith claim would be effective because any such assignment, even if
ineffective, would not be tortious.
AFFIRMED.
2