National General Insurance et al v. Central Garden & Pet Company et al
Plaintiff: National General Insurance and Michael Porter
Defendant: Central Garden & Pet Company as assignee of Central Garden & Pet Company d/b/a Aqueon Products, Petsmart LLC, Central Garden & Pet Company doing business as Aqueon Products and Petsmart, LLC
Case Number: 2:2023cv07126
Filed: September 25, 2023
Court: US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Presiding Judge: Nusrat Jahan Choudhury
Referring Judge: Anne Y Shields
Nature of Suit: Prop. Damage Prod. Liability
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)
Jury Demanded By: None
Docket Report

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October 30, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 12 ORDER: An IN-PERSON Initial Conference is set for 12/12/2023 at 11:30 AM in Courtroom 840 before Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields. See order and attachment. Ordered by Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields on 10/30/2023. (Attachments: #1 AYS RULES) (JT)
October 18, 2023 Filing 11 STATE COURT RECORD Received: Supreme Court of The State of NY, County of Suffol, 621289/2023. Containing Notice of Removal and Certificate of Service. (AMF)
October 13, 2023 Opinion or Order Filing 10 ORDER OF RECUSAL. Judge Gary R. Brown recused. Case randomly reassigned to Judge Nusrat Jahan Choudhury for all further proceedings. So Ordered by Judge Gary R. Brown on 10/13/2023. (GO)
October 11, 2023 Filing 9 Corporate Disclosure Statement by National General Insurance identifying Corporate Parent Allstate Corporation for National General Insurance. (Monaco, Russell)
October 9, 2023 Filing 8 NOTICE of Appearance by Russell Monaco on behalf of All Plaintiffs (notification declined or already on case) (Monaco, Russell)
October 2, 2023 Filing 7 Defendant Central Garden's ANSWER to Complaint filed by Plaintiffs by Central Garden & Pet Company. (Carroll, Brian)
September 26, 2023 Filing 6 Clerk's Notice Re: Consent. A United States Magistrate Judge has been assigned to this case and is available to conduct all proceedings. In accordance with Rule 73 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Local Rule 73.1, the parties are notified that if all parties consent, the assigned Magistrate Judge is available to conduct all proceedings in this action including a (jury or nonjury) trial and to order the entry of a final judgment. Attached to this Notice is a blank copy of the consent form that should be filled out, signed and filed electronically only if all parties wish to consent. Any party may withhold its consent without adverse substantive consequences. Do NOT return or file the consent unless all parties have signed the consent.The form may also be accessed at the following link: #https://img.nyed.uscourts.gov/files/forms/MJConsentForm.pdf (CL)
September 26, 2023 Filing 5 This attorney case opening filing has been checked for quality control. See the attachment for corrections that were made. (CL)
September 26, 2023 Case Assigned to Judge Gary R. Brown and Magistrate Judge Anne Y. Shields. Please download and review the Individual Practices of the assigned Judges, located on our #website. Attorneys are responsible for providing courtesy copies to judges where their Individual Practices require such. (CL)
September 25, 2023 Filing 4 NOTICE by Central Garden & Pet Company Notice of Removal to Adverse Parties (Attachments: #1 Ex. 1 - Copies of Notice of Removal and Notice to the Supreme Court of Filing a Notice of Removal) (Carroll, Brian)
September 25, 2023 Filing 3 Civil Cover Sheet.. by Central Garden & Pet Company (Carroll, Brian)
September 25, 2023 Filing 2 NOTICE by Central Garden & Pet Company Disclosure Statement Form pursuant to FRCP 7.1 (Carroll, Brian)
September 25, 2023 Filing 1 NOTICE OF REMOVAL by Central Garden & Pet Company from Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of Suffolk, case number 621289/2023. Was the Disclosure Statement on Civil Cover Sheet completed -NO ( Filing fee $ 402 receipt number ANYEDC-17118501) (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A - State Court Action Docket, #2 Exhibit B - AM Best Report - Nat'l General Ins. Co., #3 Exhibit C - DE Corp. Filing for Central Garden, #4 Exhibit D - DE Corp. Filing for PetSmart LLC) (Carroll, Brian) Modified on 9/26/2023 (CL).

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Plaintiff: National General Insurance
Represented By: Russell Monaco
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Plaintiff: Michael Porter
Represented By: Russell Monaco
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Defendant: Central Garden & Pet Company as assignee of Central Garden & Pet Company d/b/a Aqueon Products
Represented By: Brian W. Carroll
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Defendant: Central Garden & Pet Company doing business as Aqueon Products
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