American Premier v. Smith & Gill ( 2000 )

United States Court of Appeals FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT ___________ No. 99-3665 ___________ American Premier Underwriters, Inc., * * Appellant, * Appeal from the United States * District Court for the Western v. * District of Missouri. * Smith, Gill, Fisher & Butts, P.C., * [UNPUBLISHED] * Appellee. * ___________ Submitted: April 13, 2000 Filed: April 19, 2000 ___________ Before McMILLIAN, FAGG, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges. ___________ PER CURIAM. American Premier Underwriters, Inc. (APU) appeals the district court's adverse grant of summary judgment in this diversity lawsuit for legal malpractice and fraud. The district court ruled that APU's claims were barred by the applicable statutes of limitation. Having carefully analyzed the parties' arguments and following de novo review of the record and the questions of state law, we conclude the grant of judgment was proper for the reasons stated by the district court. Because our review involves the application of state law in a fact-intensive diversity case and the parties' submissions show they are thoroughly familiar with the issues before the court, we conclude that an extensive discussion would serve no useful precedential purpose. We thus affirm the district court without further discussion. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. A true copy. Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT. -2-