P&I Ins. Servs. v. Risk Averse Ins.

Full title: P&I INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, v. RISK AVERSE INSURANCE, LLC AND…

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 11, 2022

Civil Action 20-5910 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 11, 2022)

Opinion

Civil Action 20-5910

01-11-2022

P&I INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, v. RISK AVERSE INSURANCE, LLC AND WILLIAM SPRAGUE, Defendants.

MITCHELL S. GOLDBERG, J.

ORDER

MITCHELL S. GOLDBERG, J.

AND NOW, this 11^th day of January, 2022, upon consideration of (a) the Motion to Dismiss by P&I Insurance Services, LLC and Drew Porter (Doc. No. 50) and the Response by Risk Averse Insurance, LLC, William Sprague, and Mark Millison (Doc. No. 53), and (b) Mark Millison's Motion for Leave to Join the Third-Party Complaint or, in the Alternative, William Sprague and Risk Averse Insurance, LLC's Motion for Leave to Amend the Third-Party Complaint (Doc. No. 49), P&I Insurance Services, LLC's Response (Doc. No. 52), and Millison's Reply (Doc. No. 54-1), it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The Motion to Dismiss (Doc. No. 50) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART as follows:

a. The Counterclaims and Third-Party Complaint claims for defamation and defamation per se are DISMISSED;

b. The Counterclaim and Third-Party Complaint claims for commercial disparagement is DISMISSED; and

c. The Motion to Dismiss the tortious interference with existing and prospective business relations claims is DENIED.

2. Millison's Motion for Leave to Join the Third-Party Complaint (Doc. No. 49) is GRANTED and Millison shall be given leave to join the sole remaining claims for tortious interference with existing and prospective business relations against Drew Porter.