Cormier v. Am. Interstate Ins. Co.

Full title: HAAS HARGRAVE CORMIER v. AMERICAN INTERSTATE INSURANCE CO., ET AL.

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE DIVISION

Date published: Mar 13, 2015

CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-2770 (W.D. La. Mar. 13, 2015)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-2770

03-13-2015

HAAS HARGRAVE CORMIER v. AMERICAN INTERSTATE INSURANCE CO., ET AL.

JUDGE DOHERTY

MAGISTRATE JUDGE HANNA MEMORANDUM RULING

Currently pending before the Court is a motion for summary judgment [Doc. 20], filed by defendant American Interstate Insurance Company ("AIIC"). By way of its motion, defendant seeks "an Order which dismisses it from this litigation with prejudice, and at plaintiff's costs." [Id. at 1] The motion is unopposed.¹

1 The deadline for submission of a memorandum in opposition to the motion for summary judgment has passed, and no opposition has been received by the Court. [Doc. 21] Accordingly, the motion is deemed unopposed. [Id.]

By way of its motion, movant argues:

The Maritime Employer's Liability ("MEL") policy that AIIC issued to Industrial Solutions Group, LLC ("ISG") as the employer of plaintiff s decedent Joseph Cormier provides coverage only for workers' compensation, Jones Act, or maintenance and cure claims by Cormier against ISG, or anyone else claiming to be his employer. It specifically excludes liability to other defendants which is assumed by contract, and there is no allegation that anyone other than ISG employed Joseph Cormier at the relevant times herein.

[Doc. 20-3, p. 1]

The motion for summary judgment [Doc. 20], appearing to be well-founded in law and fact and being unopposed by plaintiff, is hereby GRANTED, and all claims asserted by plaintiff against AIIC are hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE, at plaintiff's cost.

THUS DONE AND SIGNED in Chambers, Lafayette, Louisiana, this 13^th day of March, 2015.

/s/_________

REBECCA F. DOHERTY

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE