Evans v. National LLoyd's Insurance Company

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ORDER and REASONS granting Motion to Sever and Deconsolidate from Forced Place Docket (Filed in Master Case 05-4182, Doc. 18942). FURTHER ORDERED that the Severed Complaint shall be amended no later than August 1, 2009 to remove any language that is inappropriate in light of the fact that the case is not a Forced Place case. FURTHER ORDERED that upon the filing of the Amended Complaint, the Case Manager shall set a scheduling conference forthwith. Signed by Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr.(blg)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES CONSOLIDATED LITIGATION PERTAINS TO: FORCED PLACE DOCKET Evans (C.A. No. 09-2611) CIVIL ACTION NO. 05-4182 SECTION "K"(2)

ORDER AND REASONS Before the Court is a Motion to Sever and Deconsolidate from Forced Place Docket (Doc. 18942). In this motion National Lloyds Insurance Company, ("National Lloyds") seeks the severance and deconsolidation of Shoun Evans v. National Lloyds Insurance Co., C.A. No. 09-2611, based on its contention that the case was improperly consolidated under this category of case. Plaintiff Evans was originally identified as one of the plaintiffs in the Alexander mass joinder case (Docket No. 07-4538) and had been severed therefrom. Having been informed by plaintiff's counsel that he has no objection to the motion as the case is not a forced place matter, IT IS ORDERED that Motion to Sever and Deconsolidate from Forced Place Docket (Doc. 18942) is GRANTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Severed Complaint shall be amended no later than August 1, 2009 to remove any language that is inappropriate in light of the fact that the case is not a Forced Place case.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that upon the filing of the Amended Complaint, the Case Manager shall set a scheduling conference forthwith. New Orleans, Louisiana, this day of July, 2009.

STANWOOD R. DUVAL, JR. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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