Auto-Owners Insurance Company v. Summit Park Townhome Association

Filing 31

ORDER granting 24 Plaintiff's Partially Unopposed MOTION for Appointment of Umpire. Robert J. Norton of Denver, Colorado, being impartial and competent, is appointed as umpire with respect to the appraisal process in this case. Parties shall, no later than December 24, 2015, file with the Court a report detailing the amount of loss caused by the September 2013 hailstorm, by Judge Lewis T. Babcock on 9/25/2015. (ebuch)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
LEWIS T. BABCOCK, JUDGE
Civil Case No. 14-cv-03417-LTB
AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, a Michigan corporation,
Plaintiff,
v.
SUMMIT PARK TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION, a Colorado corporation,
Defendant.
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ORDER ON PARTIALLY UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF UMPIRE
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THIS CAUSE came before the Court on Plaintiff Auto-Owners Insurance Company’s
Partially Unopposed Motion for Appointment of Umpire [Doc. # 24]. I have reviewed the
motion and Defendant Summit Park Townhome Association’s response [Doc. # 29]. In so
doing, I studied in detail the resumes and qualifications of the candidates proposed by the parties
to serve as umpire with respect to the appraisal process in this case. I also received argument
from counsel at the hearing held on September 25, 2015. For the reasons stated on the record at
the hearing, it is hereby
ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED. It is further
ORDERED that Robert J. Norton of Denver, Colorado, being impartial and competent,
is appointed as umpire with respect to the appraisal process in this case. It is further

ORDERED that the parties shall, no later than December 24, 2015, file with the Court a
report detailing the “amount of loss” caused by the September 2013 hailstorm, as “agreed to by
any two” of the parties’ chosen appraisers and Mr. Norton, pursuant to the insurance policy at
issue in this case. See Ex. A to 2d Am. Compl. at 78 [Doc. # 6-1].
DATED: September

25 , 2015, at Denver, Colorado.
BY THE COURT:

s/Lewis T. Babcock
LEWIS T. BABCOCK, JUDGE

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