Rivera et al v. Greffin et al

Filing 296

MOTION by Defendant Allstate Insurance Company for judgment as a matter of law (Drury, John)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
DANIEL RIVERA, STEPHEN KENSINGER,
DEBORAH JOY MEACOCK, and REBECCA
SCHEUNEMAN,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Case No. 10 cv 1733

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Hon. Judge William T. Hart

Defendant.
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
Defendant Allstate Insurance Company (“Allstate”), by its attorneys, Seyfarth Shaw LLP,
hereby files its Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law as follows:
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a)(1), Allstate moves for an order entering judgment as a
matter of law in favor of Allstate and dismissing Plaintiffs’ defamation and FCRA claims with
prejudice. If Allstate’s motion is not granted with respect to Plaintiffs’ FCRA claims, Allstate
moves for an order dismissing Plaintiffs’ claims for “willful” violations of the FCRA. In support
of this Motion, Allstate has contemporaneously filed its supporting Memorandum of Law.
WHEREFORE, Allstate respectfully requests that this Court grant its Motion for
Judgment as a Matter of Law and dismiss with prejudice the claims of Plaintiffs Daniel Rivera,
Stephen Kensinger, Deborah Joy Meacock and Rebecca Scheuneman.

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Respectfully submitted,

Allstate Insurance Company

DATED: June 19, 2016

By: /s/John W. Drury
One of Its Attorneys

Gerald Pauling
Uma Chandrasekaran
John Drury
Shomari Dailey
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP
131 South Dearborn Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, John W. Drury, an attorney, do hereby certify that I have caused a true and correct copy
of the foregoing DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW to
be served upon the following, by CM/ECF System, on this 19th day of June, 2016:
Robert D. Sweeney
RDS Law
111 West Washington Street
Suite 1160
Chicago, IL 60602

/s/ John W. Drury

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