Wildfire Group, LLC v. Prime Insurance Company

Filing 91

OPINION. Signed by Honorable Judge Myron H. Thompson on 2/9/2016. (kh, ) Modified on 2/9/2016 to correct the date signed(kh, ).

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION
WILDFIRE GROUP LLC,

)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
)

Plaintiff,
v.
PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.

CIVIL ACTION NO.
1:12cv847-MHT
(WO)

OPINION
Plaintiff

Wildfire

Group

LLC

filed

this

lawsuit

seeking a declaratory judgment and asserting a variety
of state-law claims against defendant Prime Insurance
Company stemming from a dispute about funds Wildfire
paid into a trust jointly established by the parties.
This

lawsuit

is

now

before

the

court

on

the

recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge
that

Wildfire’s

motion

for

partial

summary

judgment

should be granted in part, in that the court should
enter a declaration of the parties’ rights and duties
under

the

determining

trust
whether

agreement
Prime

is

for

the

required

purpose
to

of

authorize

Wildfire’s request for distribution of trust assets;
that

Wildfire’s

should

be

motion

denied

in

for
all

partial
other

summary

respects;

judgment
and

that

Prime’s motion for summary judgment should be granted
on all remaining claims.
the recommendation.
review

of

the

There are no objections to

After an independent and de novo

record,

the

court

concludes

that

magistrate judge’s recommendation should be adopted.
An appropriate judgment will be entered.
DONE, this the 9th day of February, 2016.
/s/ Myron H. Thompson
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

the