Edwards v. Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc.

Filing 55

ORDER denying as moot 38 Motion for Equitable Distribution of a Personal Injury Settlement. Signed by Magistrate Judge Amanda Arnold Sansone on 11/28/2017. (DMP)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
TAMPA DIVISION

MARION EDWARDS,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No.: 8:16-cv-334-T-35AAS

COCA-COLA REFRESHMENTS USA, INC.,
Defendant,
______________________________________/

ORDER
This cause is before the Court sua sponte. On June 22, 2017, Plaintiff filed a Motion for
Equitable Distribution of a Personal Injury Settlement (“Motion”). (Doc. 38). Pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 636, the Motion was referred to the undersigned to enter an order or submit a report and
recommendation. (Doc. 39). The undersigned held a telephonic hearing to address the status of
the unresolved balances with the remaining lienholders. (See Doc. 49). At the telephonic hearing,
counsel for Plaintiff advised the undersigned that the liens of Cora Rehab, Next Image Medical
a/k/a Palm Harbor MRI, Northwood Anesthesia, and Trinity Urgent Care a/k/a Suncoast Urgent
Care could not be settled until Sedgwick Claims Management’s (“Sedgwick”) lien was settled.
Plaintiff has since settled the dispute with Sedgwick regarding the amount of Sedgwick’s
lien. (See Doc. 52). Accordingly, the undersigned ordered Plaintiff to provide an update by
November 13, 2017, as to what, if anything, remains for the Court to adjudicate in Plaintiff’s
Motion. (Id.). The Court then ordered Plaintiff to provide an update as to his Motion by November
22, 2017. (Doc. 54). The Court also advised Plaintiff that his failure to update the Court would
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result in his Motion being denied as moot. Plaintiff’s November 22nd deadline has passed, and he
failed to advise the Court as to what, if anything, is left for the Court to determine.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Equitable Distribution of a
Personal Injury Settlement is DENIED AS MOOT.
DONE AND ORDERED in Tampa, Florida on this 28th day of November, 2017.

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