Opinion
1:21-cv-01076-JDB-jay
08-04-2022
LAURIE SMITH, Plaintiff, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant.
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANT'S MOTION OBJECTING TO APPRAISAL AWARD
J. DANIEL BREEN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Pending on the Court's docket is the June 13, 2022, motion of the Defendant, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, objecting to the appraisal award submitted in this matter. (Docket Entry (“D.E.”) 50.) On August 2, 2022, the Plaintiff, Laurie Smith, amended her complaint to add claims relating to the appraisal award. (D.E. 62.) Typically, “[a]n amended complaint supersedes an earlier complaint for all purposes.” In re Refrigerant Compressors Antitrust Litig., 731 F.3d 586, 589 (6th Cir. 2013). Particularly in light of the fact that the amended pleading contains additional claims relating to the subject of the pending motion, the Court finds it appropriate to DENY Defendant's motion regarding the appraisal without prejudice.
The motion also requested that the stay imposed in November 2021 be lifted. That portion of the motion was orally granted by the Court during a status conference on June 16, 2022. (See D.E. 53.)
IT IS ORDERED.