Simmons v. Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Plaintiff: Amy Simmons
Defendant: Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Case Number: 1:2020cv01571
Filed: October 7, 2020
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
Presiding Judge: Annemarie Carney Axon
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1441
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
November 24, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 9 SCHEDULING ORDER governing further proceedings in this action unless modified for good cause shown: Discovery due by 7/14/2021; Dispositive Motions due by 9/21/2021; Joint Status Report due by 6/14/2021. The parties shall be ready for trial in April 2022, to be scheduled by separate order. Signed by Judge Annemarie Carney Axon on 11/24/20. (SAC)
November 19, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by Lynn Etheridge Hare on behalf of Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company (Hare, Lynn)
November 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 7 REPORT of Rule 26(f) Planning Meeting. (Williamson, Sue)
November 18, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing Fee: Filing fee $ 400, receipt_number 1126-3718021. related document #1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company from Circuit Court of Talladega County, Alabama, case number 61-cv-2020-900337, filed by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E)(KEK). (Williamson, Sue)
November 4, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 6 INITIAL ORDER GOVERNING ALL FURTHER PROCEEDINGS - with appendices attached. Signed by Judge Annemarie Carney Axon on 11/4/20. (SAC)
November 2, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 5 ANSWER to Complaint by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company.(Williamson, Sue)
October 14, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 4 RESPONSE to re #3 THIS COURT'S ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS CASE SHOULD NOT BE REMANDED FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION filed by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B)(Williamson, Sue)
October 9, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 3 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE - The notice of removal adequately alleges that MetLife was incorporated in Rhode Island. (Doc. #1 at 3). But neither the complaint nor the notice of removal alleges MetLife's principal place of business Accordingly, the court ORDERS MetLife to SHOW CAUSE, in writing, on or before October 16, 2020, why the court should not remand this case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Signed by Judge Annemarie Carney Axon on 10/9/2020. (KEK)
October 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 2 Corporate Disclosure Statement by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company. filed by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company (Williamson, Sue)
October 7, 2020 Opinion or Order Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company from Circuit Court of Talladega County, Alabama, case number 61-cv-2020-900337, filed by Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exibit B, #3 Exhibit C, #4 Exhibit D, #5 Exhibit E)(KEK)
October 7, 2020 Opinion or Order State court complaint filed 9/24/2020. See Doc #1 , Exhibit A, pages 7-9. (KEK)

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Plaintiff: Amy Simmons
Represented By: Erskine Ramsay Funderburg, Jr
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Defendant: Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company
Represented By: Sue E Williamson
Represented By: Lynn Etheridge Hare
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