Opinion
5:22-cv-04243
04-19-2023
STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. Plaintiff, v. ROCKINMUSIK LLC, Defendant.
ORDER
JOSEPH F. LEESON, JR.UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
AND NOW, this 19th day of April, 2023, for the reasons set forth in the Opinion issued this date, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
1. Plaintiff State Farm Fire and Casualty Company's Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, ECF No. 21, is GRANTED.
2. State Farm's request for declaratory judgment, see ECF No. 1, is GRANTED and this Court DECLARES that State Farm Fire and Casualty Company does not have a duty to defend or to indemnify Rockinmusik, LLC under Business Liability Policy No. 98- BK-B092-1 in connection with the action captioned Jane Doe v. School of Rock Easton and School of Rock, LLC, Nicholas Levinos and John Doe(s), Docket No. HNT-L-0527-21, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division Hunterdon County.
The New Jersey action is currently limited to one count of Assault and Battery. This Court offers no opinion as to whether State Farm may have a duty to defend or to indemnify Rockinmusik in connection with this action if additional claims are pled.
3. The Clerk of Court shall CLOSE this case.