Wright et al v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company et al
Plaintiff: Samuel Wright and Andora Wright
Defendant: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company and State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Case Number: 2:2009cv15055
Filed: December 30, 2009
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Office: Detroit Office
County: Wayne
Presiding Judge: Mona K Majzoub
Referring Judge: Arthur J Tarnow
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. § 1331
Jury Demanded By: Both
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
September 21, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 57 STIPULATED ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
August 4, 2015 TEXT-ONLY NOTICE: Status Conference on 8/4/2015 at 11:00 a.m. is Cancelled. Case has been resolved. Stipulated order of dismissal to be submitted by 8/14/2015. (MLan)
July 23, 2015 Filing 56 NOTICE TO APPEAR: Status Conference set for 8/4/2015 11:00 AM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
April 16, 2015 Opinion or Order Filing 55 ORDER granting #38 MOTION to Strike Class Allegations. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
March 27, 2015 Filing 54 NOTICE by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company re #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter - Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of Motion to Strike Class Allegations (Eckelberry, Rodger)
July 12, 2013 Filing 53 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A-Emails Between Counsel Agreeing to Production of a Random Sample of Claim Files, #3 Exhibit B-Declaration of Rodger L. Eckelberry, #4 Exhibit C-Plaintiffs Notice of Taking Deposition Duces Tecum, #5 Exhibit D-Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories and Request for Production of Docs, #6 Exhibit E-Plaintiffs Samuel and Andora Wright's Second Set of Interrogatories to Defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, #7 Exhibit F-Defendant State Farm Fire and Casualty Company's Objections and Responses to Plaintiffs' Second Set of Interrogatories, #8 Exhibit G-10-06-08 Customer Service Note Reflecting Advances to Plaintiffs, #9 Exhibit H-3-26-09 Customer Service Note Reflecting Discussions With Plaintiffs Private Adjuster, #10 Exhibit I-Defendants' ID of Disputed Class Member ID by Plaintiffs and Individual Factual Issues Barring Liability, #11 Exhibit Appendix of Unreported Cases) (Eckelberry, Rodger)
June 24, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 52 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Time for Defendant to file Supplemental Brief. Brief due 7/12/2013. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
June 7, 2013 Filing 51 SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF re #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter filed by Andora Wright, Samuel Wright. (Novak, Paul)
May 24, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 50 STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Time to File Supplemental Briefs: Plaintiffs' Brief due 6/7/2013, Defendant's Brief due 6/28/2013. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
May 1, 2013 Minute Entry - Motion Hearing held on 5/1/2013 re #38 MOTION to Strike Class Allegations before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. Disposition: Motion taken under advisement. Supplemental briefing ordered.(Court Reporter Denise Mosby) (MLan).
April 8, 2013 Filing 49 NOTICE by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company re #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter Notice of Supplemental Authority in Support of Motion to Strike Class Allegations (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - Comcast Corp. v. Behrend, #3 Exhibit B - Whirlpool Corp. v. Glazer, #4 Exhibit C - Glazer v. Whirlpool Corp. (In re: Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer Prods. Liab. Litig.)) (Eckelberry, Rodger)
April 5, 2013 Filing 48 NOTICE OF HEARING. Motion Hearing re #38 MOTION to Strike Class Allegations set for 5/1/2013 03:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow (MLan)
March 29, 2013 TEXT-ONLY NOTICE: Final Pretrial Conference on 4/25/2013 at 2:00 p.m. is Cancelled. New date to be set following dispositive motion hearing. (MLan)
March 27, 2013 TEXT-ONLY NOTICE: Hearing on 3/28/2013 at 2:00 p.m. is Cancelled re #38 MOTION to Strike Class Allegations. New Date to be set. (MLan)
February 14, 2013 Filing 47 NOTICE of hearing on #38 Motion to Strike Class Allegations. Motion Hearing set for 3/28/2013 02:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow (MLan)
February 14, 2013 Filing 46 NOTICE of hearing on #38 Motion to Strike Class Allegations. Motion Hearing set for 3/28/2013 02:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
January 17, 2013 Filing 45 REPLY to Response re #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Strike Class Allegations filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - Affidavit of Rodger L. Eckelberry) (Eckelberry, Rodger)
December 7, 2012 Filing 44 RESPONSE to #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter Opposition to Motion to Strike Class Allegations filed by All Plaintiffs. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A) (Novak, Paul)
November 15, 2012 Filing 43 NOTICE of Withdrawal of Attorney Jennifer A. Vessells - NOT SWORN by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Eckelberry, Rodger)
November 14, 2012 Filing 42 Notice of E-mail Delivery Failure as to attorney Jennifer A. Vessells - NOT SWORN. Bounced NEF for #41 Stipulation and Order, Set Motion and R&R Deadlines/Hearings. (KCla)
November 7, 2012 Opinion or Order Filing 41 STIPULATION AND ORDER re #38 MOTION to Strike Class Allegations: Response due by 12/7/2012, Reply due by 1/18/2013. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
October 5, 2012 Opinion or Order Filing 40 STIPULATION AND ORDER re #38 MOTION to Strike Class Allegations: Responses due by 11/9/2012, Replies due by 12/21/2012. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
September 27, 2012 Filing 39 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul H. Johnson, Jr on behalf of All Defendants. (Johnson, Paul)
September 26, 2012 Opinion or Order TEXT-ONLY ORDER granting #38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter filed by defendants. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
September 21, 2012 Filing 38 MOTION for Leave to File (Unopposed) A Brief Exceeding The Page Limitation Instanter by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Attachments: #1 Document Continuation Motion of Defendants to Strike Class Allegations, #2 Index of Exhibits, #3 Exhibit A - Declaration of Katina Christiansen, #4 Exhibit B - Plfs' Resps to Def's Second Interrogatories, #5 Exhibit C - 11-23-11 Ltr from Muzingo to Eckelberry, #6 Exhibit D - Declaration of Lawrence Gordon, #7 Exhibit E - Policy, #8 Exhibit Appendix_A_Section 1 _p_1-99, #9 Exhibit Appendix_A_Section 2_p_100-230, #10 Exhibit Appendix_A_Section 3_p_231-329) (Eckelberry, Rodger)
April 16, 2012 Opinion or Order Filing 37 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Dates: Witness Lists due by 10/15/2012, Discovery due by 3/13/2013, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 3/25/2013, Joint Final Pretrial Order due by 4/18/2012, Final Pretrial Conference set for 4/25/2013 02:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan)
April 11, 2012 Filing 36 NOTICE of Appearance by Darryl Bressack on behalf of All Plaintiffs. (Bressack, Darryl)
January 9, 2012 TEXT-ONLY NOTICE - Document #35 replaced with order affixing Judge Arthur J. Tarnow's electronic signature. (MLan)
January 5, 2012 Opinion or Order Filing 35 STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Dates: (Parties to Exchange Final Witness List by 4/13/2012, Plaintiffs to File Motions for Class Certification by 6/18/2012, Defendant to File Response Briefs by 7/25/2012, Plaintiffs to File Reply Briefs by 8/23/2012, Discovery due by 9/13/2012, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 9/24/2012, Joint Final Pretrial Order due by 10/18/2012, Final Pretrial Conference set for 10/25/2012 02:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow). Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MLan) (Main Document 35 replaced on 1/9/2012) (MLan).
August 12, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 34 STIPULATION AND ORDER Extending Dates, ( Witness Lists exchanged by 1/13/2012, Discovery due by 6/13/2012, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 6/22/2012, Final Pretrial Order due by 7/18/2012, Final Pretrial Conference set for 7/25/2012 at 2:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. See attached for additional dates). (SJa)
May 4, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 33 STIPULATED ORDER Extending Dates, ( Witness Lists due by 9/16/11, Discovery due by 2/20/2011, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 2/29/2012, Final Pretrial Conference set for 4/18/2012 2:00 PM) Signed by District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow. (MWil)
April 29, 2011 Filing 32 NOTICE by Andora Wright, Samuel Wright Notice of Appearance by Joseph T. Muzingo on behalf of Andora Wright, Samuel Wright (Novak, Paul)
November 30, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 31 STIPULATED ORDER EXTENDING DATES - ( Discovery due by 10/21/2011, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 10/31/2011, Final Pretrial Conference set for 12/20/2011 at 2:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J Tarnow) - Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (FMos)
October 18, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 30 PROTECTIVE ORDER Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (BSoc)
September 8, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 29 STIPULATED ORDER extending dates, ( Motions for Class Certification due 1/11/2011, Discovery due by 2/11/2011, Final Pretrial Order due 6/13/2011 and Final Pretrial Conference set for 6/20/2011 02:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J Tarnow) Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (LSau)
July 1, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 28 STIPULATED ORDER extending dates ( Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 10/11/2010, Discovery due by 11/11/2010, Final Pretrial Conference set for 3/11/2011 02:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J Tarnow) Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (LSau)
May 12, 2010 Filing 27 NOTICE by Andora Wright, Samuel Wright of withdrawal of Motion to Appoint Interim Class Counsel [Docket No. 10]. (Fink, David)
April 26, 2010 Minute Entry - Scheduling Conference held on 4/26/2010, Witness List due by 6/28/10, Discovery due by 9/27/2010, Discovery Motions due by 8/26/2010, Dispositive Motion Cut-off set for 11/29/2010, Final Pretrial Order due 1/18/2011, Final Pretrial Conference set for 1/25/2011 at 02:30 PM before District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (Ware, L.)
April 2, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 26 CORRECTED Order of Dismissal Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (PPau)
April 2, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 25 ORDER vacating order of dismissal and reopening case Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (PPau)
April 1, 2010 Filing 24 REPLY to Response re #10 MOTION to Appoint Counsel Interim Class Counsel filed by Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Fink, David)
March 31, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 23 ORDER DISMISSING CASE Signed by District Judge Arthur J Tarnow. (PPau)
March 29, 2010 Filing 22 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Samuel Wright, Andora Wright as to State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Fink, David)
March 26, 2010 Filing 21 NOTICE TO APPEAR: Scheduling Conference set for 4/26/2010 03:00 PM before District Judge Arthur J Tarnow (LSau)
March 26, 2010 Filing 20 NOTICE of Appearance by Jason J. Liss on behalf of Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Liss, Jason)
March 26, 2010 Filing 19 NOTICE of Appearance by Michael H. Fabian on behalf of Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Fabian, Michael)
March 22, 2010 Filing 18 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Berlin, Cary)
March 22, 2010 Filing 17 STATEMENT of DISCLOSURE of CORPORATE AFFILIATIONS and FINANCIAL INTEREST by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (Berlin, Cary)
March 22, 2010 Filing 16 RESPONSE to #10 MOTION to Appoint Counsel Interim Class Counsel filed by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Berlin, Cary)
March 22, 2010 Filing 15 ANSWER to Complaint with Affirmative Defenses with Jury Demand by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A - STATE FARM POLICY) (Berlin, Cary)
March 19, 2010 Filing 14 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Jennifer A. Vessells - NOT SWORN appearing on behalf of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Vessells - NOT SWORN, Jennifer)
March 19, 2010 Filing 13 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Rodger L. Eckelberry - NOT SWORN appearing on behalf of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Eckelberry - NOT SWORN, Rodger)
March 19, 2010 Filing 12 ATTORNEY APPEARANCE: Mark A. Johnson - NOT SWORN appearing on behalf of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (Johnson - NOT SWORN, Mark)
March 18, 2010 Filing 11 NOTICE of Appearance by Cary R. Berlin on behalf of State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company. (Berlin, Cary)
March 5, 2010 Filing 10 MOTION to Appoint Counsel Interim Class Counsel by Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Attachments: #1 Index of Exhibits, #2 Exhibit A-State Farm Letter Dated February 18, 2010, #3 Exhibit B-Milbergs firm biography, #4 Exhibit C-The Miller Law Firms firm resume and attorney biographies, #5 Exhibit D-Fabian Sklars firm resume and attorney biographies) (Blake, Jayson)
February 19, 2010 Filing 9 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company waiver sent on 1/20/2010, answer due 3/22/2010. (Blake, Jayson)
February 11, 2010 Filing 8 WAIVER OF SERVICE Returned Executed. State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company waiver sent on 1/20/2010, answer due 3/22/2010. (Blake, Jayson)
February 9, 2010 Filing 7 NOTICE of Appearance by Barry A. Weprin on behalf of Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Weprin, Barry)
February 3, 2010 Filing 6 NOTICE of Appearance by Paul F. Novak on behalf of Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Novak, Paul)
December 31, 2009 Filing 5 SUMMONS Issued for *State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company* (TMcg)
December 31, 2009 Filing 4 SUMMONS Issued for *State Farm Fire and Casualty Company* (TMcg)
December 31, 2009 Filing 3 NOTICE of Appearance by Jayson E. Blake on behalf of Samuel Wright, Andora Wright. (Blake, Jayson)
December 31, 2009 Filing 2 SUMMONS Issued for *State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company* (TMcg)
December 31, 2009 A United States Magistrate Judge of this Court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 636c and FRCP 73. The Notice, Consent, and Reference of a Civil Action to a Magistrate Judge form is available for download at #http://www.mied.uscourts.gov (TMcg)
December 30, 2009 Filing 1 COMPLAINT filed by Samuel Wright, Andora Wright against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company with Jury Demand. Plaintiff requests summons issued. Receipt No: 06450000000002289456 - Fee: $ 350. County Where Action Arose: Wayne - [Previously dismissed case: No] [Possible companion case(s): None] (Fink, David)

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Plaintiff: Samuel Wright
Represented By: David H. Fink
Represented By: Jayson E. Blake
Represented By: Barry A. Weprin
Represented By: Michael H. Fabian
Represented By: Jason J. Liss
Represented By: Darryl Bressack
Represented By: Paul F. Novak
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Plaintiff: Andora Wright
Represented By: David H. Fink
Represented By: Jayson E. Blake
Represented By: Barry A. Weprin
Represented By: Michael H. Fabian
Represented By: Jason J. Liss
Represented By: Darryl Bressack
Represented By: Paul F. Novak
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Defendant: State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Represented By: Jennifer A. Vessells
Represented By: Paul H. Johnson, Jr
Represented By: Mark A. Johnson
Represented By: Rodger L. Eckelberry
Represented By: Cary R. Berlin
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Defendant: State Farm Fire Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Represented By: Jennifer A. Vessells
Represented By: Paul H. Johnson, Jr
Represented By: Mark A. Johnson
Represented By: Rodger L. Eckelberry
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