James et al v. Hanover Insurance Company

Filing 16

ORDER & REASONS granting 10 Motion to Stay. Signed by Chief Judge Sarah S. Vance on 5/21/2012. (rll, ).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA
GREGORY JAMES, ET AL.

CIVIL ACTION

VERSUS

NO: 11-2610

HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY

SECTION: R(2)

ORDER AND REASONS
Before the Court is plaintiffs Gregory James and Aurora
James’s motion to stay.1

On March 30, 2012, the Louisiana

Supreme Court granted a writ application in Duckworth v.
Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co., No. 2011-C-2385, and
Quinn, et al. v. Louisiana Citizens Property Ins. Corp., No.
2012-C-0152.

These cases address the issue of whether filing

class action lawsuits suspends the running of prescription
against insureds who file individual lawsuits before a class
certification determination is made.

Because this prescription

issue could be dispositive in this matter, the Court GRANTS
plaintiffs’ motion.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the above captioned matter
is stayed and ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSED pending final disposition
of Duckworth v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co., No. 2011C-2385, and Quinn, et al. v. Louisiana Citizens Property Ins.
Corp., No. 2012-C-0152.
New Orleans, Louisiana, this 21st day of May, 2012.
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SARAH S. VANCE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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R. Doc. 10.