Opinion
1:22-cv-00181 WJ/KRS
12-16-2022
ISAIAH PARRA, individually and as parent and next friend of AP and EP, minor children, ROSEMARY PARRA Plaintiffs, v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO INSURANCE COMPANY, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE, OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY Defendants.
MILLER STRATVERT P.A. Todd A. Schwarz Attorneys for Defendants. Amelia P. Nelson Darren L. Cordova Roybal-Mack & Cordova, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiffs. Meena H. Allen Kerri L. Allensworth Allen Law Firm, LLC Attorneys for Defendants Liberty Mutual Insurance and Ohio Security Insurance Company Attorney for Plaintiffs.
MILLER STRATVERT P.A. Todd A. Schwarz Attorneys for Defendants.
Amelia P. Nelson Darren L. Cordova Roybal-Mack & Cordova, P.C. Attorney for Plaintiffs.
Meena H. Allen Kerri L. Allensworth Allen Law Firm, LLC Attorneys for Defendants Liberty Mutual Insurance and Ohio Security Insurance Company Attorney for Plaintiffs.
ORDER BIFURCATING DISCOVERY AND TRIAL
HONORABLE KEVIN R. SWEAZEA UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
THIS MATTER having come before the Court on the parties' Stipulated Motion Bifurcating Discovery and Trial, the Court having reviewed the pleadings of record and conferred with the presiding judge, hereby finds that the Motion is well-taken and should be granted.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the “extra contractual” claims asserted in Count V and Count VI of Plaintiffs' First Amended Complaint shall be and hereby are bifurcated, for discovery and trial, such that Plaintiffs' contractual claims will be tried to a jury first, separate and apart from any extra-contractual claims. Discovery on the “extra-contractual” claims is stayed pending resolution of the other claims.