Duncan v. Repwest Insurance Company et al

Filing 36

ORDER Denying (1) Defendant Geico General Insurance Company's 31 Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment, and (2) Requiring Parties to Attend Settlement Conference. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
RYAN DUNCAN,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 14-cv-14001
Hon. Matthew F. Leitman

v.
REPWEST INSURANCE CO., et al.,
Defendant.
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ORDER DENYING (1) DEFENDANT GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE
COMPANY’S RENEWED MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (ECF
#31) AND (2) REQUIRING PARTIES TO ATTEND SETTLEMENT
CONFERENCE
Defendant Geico General Insurance Company (“Geico”) filed a Renewed
Motion for Summary Judgment on July 7, 2015 (the “Motion for Summary
Judgment”). (See ECF #31 at 1, Pg. ID 218.) The Court held a hearing on the
Motion for Summary Judgment on September 9, 2015. For the reasons stated on
the record at the hearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion for
Summary Judgment (ECF #31) is DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is REFERRED to
Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen for the purpose of holding a settlement
conference at a date and time to be set by the Magistrate Judge. In addition to
counsel, both Plaintiff and a representative for Geico with FULL settlement

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authority shall personally attend the settlement conference. Until further order of
the Court, all currently-scheduled dates, including the previously-scheduled dates
for the Final Pretrial Conference and Trial are ADJOURNED. The Court will
revisit the need to reschedule these dates, if necessary, following the settlement
conference.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

s/Matthew F. Leitman
MATTHEW F. LEITMAN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Dated: September 29, 2015

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was served upon the
parties and/or counsel of record on September 29, 2015, by electronic means
and/or ordinary mail.
s/Holly A. Monda
Case Manager
[phone]

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