Pipkins v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.

Full title: RENEE PIPKINS, ET AL. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY…

Court: UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

Date published: Oct 31, 2016

CIVIL ACTION 16-83-SDD-EWD (M.D. La. Oct. 31, 2016)

Opinion

CIVIL ACTION 16-83-SDD-EWD

10-31-2016

RENEE PIPKINS, ET AL. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.

SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA

RULING

The Court has carefully considered the Complaint,¹ the record, the law applicable to this action, and the Report and Recommendation ² of United States Magistrate Judge Erin Wilder-Doomes dated August 17, 2016. Plaintiffs have filed an Objection ³ and Defendants have filed a Response ⁴ which the Court has also considered.

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The Court hereby approves the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge and adopts it as the Court's opinion herein. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that State Farm Mutual Insurance Company's and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company's Motion to Dismiss ⁵ is granted without prejudice to the right of Plaintiffs to file an Amended Complaint within fourteen (14) days from entry of this Order.

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana the 31 day of October, 2016.

/s/ _________

SHELLY D. DICK, DISTRICT JUDGE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA