Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company et al v. Sutherland et al
Plaintiff: Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Texas Insurance Company and Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002
Defendant: BankDirect Capital Finance a Division of AFCO Credit Corporation and Steven Wayne Sutherland doing business as Cast Out Fishing Charters LLC
Case Number: 6:2025cv02001
Filed: October 16, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
Presiding Judge: John Antoon
Referring Judge: Robert M Norway
Nature of Suit: Contract: Marine
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 2201 Declaratory Judgment
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
January 16, 2026 Filing 14 MOTION for Default Judgment against Steven Wayne Sutherland by Texas Insurance Company, Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A) Supplemental ROR with Attachments)(Mulligan, Jennifer)
January 5, 2026 Filing 13 Clerk's ENTRY OF DEFAULT as to Steven Wayne Sutherland. (LDJ)
January 2, 2026 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ENDORSED ORDER granting #11 Motion for Clerk's Entry of Default. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter Clerk's Default against Defendant Steven Wayne Sutherland. Signed by Magistrate Judge Robert M. Norway on 1/2/2026. (JBS)
December 31, 2025 Filing 11 MOTION for Clerk's Entry of Default against Steven Wayne Sutherland by Texas Insurance Company, Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002. (Mulligan, Jennifer) Motions referred to Magistrate Judge Robert M. Norway.
December 10, 2025 Filing 10 NOTICE by Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Texas Insurance Company of Voluntary Dismissal with Prejudice as to Defendant, BankDirect Capital Finance Only (Mulligan, Jennifer)
November 14, 2025 Filing 9 RETURN of service executed on 11/4/25 by Texas Insurance Company, Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002 as to BankDirect Capital Finance a Division of AFCO Credit Corporation. (Mulligan, Jennifer)
November 14, 2025 Filing 8 RETURN of service executed on 11/12/25 by Texas Insurance Company, Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002 as to Steven Wayne Sutherland. (Mulligan, Jennifer)
November 5, 2025 Filing 7 NOTICE of a related action per Local Rule 1.07(c) by Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Texas Insurance Company. Related case(s): Yes (Mulligan, Jennifer)
October 22, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 6 INITIAL CASE ORDER - Notice of Local Rule 3.02(a)(2), which requires the parties in every civil proceeding, except those described in subsection (d), to file a case management report (CMR) using the uniform form at www.flmd.uscourts.gov. The CMR must be filed (1) within forty days after any defendant appears in an action originating in this court, (2) within forty days after the docketing of an action removed or transferred to this court, or (3) within seventy days after service on the United States attorney in an action against the United States, its agencies or employees. Counsel have 7 days from the date of this order to file their disclosure statement (if not already filed) and to notify the court of a related action (not required if there are no related actions). Signed by Judge John Antoon II on 10/22/2025. (KLD)
October 21, 2025 Filing 5 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT under Rule 7.1, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Rule 3.03 by Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Texas Insurance Company identifying Corporate Parent Talbot Underwriting Ltd., Corporate Parent Aegis Syndicate 1225, Corporate Parent AEGIS Managing Agency Ltd., Corporate Parent Talbot Syndicate 1183 for Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002; Corporate Parent AU Holding Company, Inc., Corporate Parent North American Casualty Co. for Texas Insurance Company; Corporate Parent Palomar Specialty Insurance Company, Corporate Parent Palomar Insurance Holdings, Inc., Corporate Parent Palomar Holdings, Inc. for Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company.. (Mulligan, Jennifer)
October 21, 2025 Filing 4 NOTICE of Lead Counsel Designation by Jennifer S. Mulligan on behalf of Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company, Hadron Specialty Insurance Company, Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002, Palomar Excess and Surplus Insurance Company, Texas Insurance Company. Lead Counsel: Charles S. Davant. (Mulligan, Jennifer)
October 17, 2025 Filing 3 SUMMONS issued as to All Defendants. (JDR)
October 17, 2025 Filing 2 NEW CASE ASSIGNED to Judge John Antoon II and Magistrate Judge Robert M. Norway. New case number: 6:25-cv-2001-JA-RMN. (AA)
October 16, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT for Declaratory Judgment against All Defendants (Filing fee $405 receipt number AFLMDC-24005475) filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A) Policy, #2 Exhibit B) Clem Summons & Complaint, #3 Exhibit C) Notice of Loss, #4 Exhibit D) Captain Charter Supplemental Sheet and Waiver, #5 Proposed Summons Steven Wayne Sutherland DBA Cast Out Fishing Charters LLC, #6 Proposed Summons BankDirect Capital Finance a Division of AFCO Credit Corporation, #7 Civil Cover Sheet)(Davant, Charles)

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Plaintiff: Accelerant Specialty Insurance Company
Represented By: Jennifer S. Mulligan
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Plaintiff: Lloyd's Syndicates per UMR B0507G02400002
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Defendant: Steven Wayne Sutherland doing business as Cast Out Fishing Charters LLC
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