Renova et al v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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ORDER granting 16 Motion to Amend/Correct; denying 17 Motion to Stay. Signed by Judge David G Campbell on 8/23/2011.(NVO)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
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Plaintiff,
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance)
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Company, an Illinois corporation
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Defendant.
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Emilio Renova,
No. CV11-0566 PHX DGC
ORDER
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Plaintiffs move to amend the complaint so as to clarify that this is a contract action
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rather than a wrongful death action under A.R.S. § 12-612. Doc. 16. The request is timely
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under the case management order entered in this case. Doc. 12. Defendant opposes on the
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ground that the amended complaint lacks the proper plaintiffs for wrongful death actions
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under A.R.S. § 12-612. Doc. 18. Because the amended complaint alleges this is a contract
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action rather than a wrongful death action, the argument is inapposite. Defendant also
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suggests the amended complaint fails because it does not name as plaintiffs all parties who
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may seek relief from Defendant arising from the same transaction, citing Rule 19(a)(1)(A)
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for support. Doc. 18 at 4. Defendant fails to cite law for the proposition that Rule 19
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requires compulsive joinder when not all plaintiffs in a contract action against an insurance
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company join the suit – or that the proper remedy is to deny amendment. The motion to
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amend is granted. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2); Foman v. Davis, 371 U.S. 178, 182 (1962);
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Owens v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc., 244 F.3d 708, 880 (9th Cir. 2001).
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Plaintiffs also move for a stay of this case pending decision by the Arizona Court of
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Appeals in a related matter. Doc. 17. Plaintiffs provide no information about the briefing
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or argument status of the case before the Court of Appeals, nor any expected date for
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decision. The Court also notes that Plaintiffs were aware of the Court of Appeals case when
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their Rule 26(f) report was filed, and nonetheless proposed the schedule adopted by the Court
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in its Case Management Order. See Docs. 10, 12. The request for a stay will be denied.
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IT IS ORDERED:
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Plaintiffs’ motion to amend (Doc. 16) is granted.
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Plaintiffs’ motion to stay (Doc. 17) is denied.
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DATED this 23rd day of August, 2011.
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