Fire Insurance Exchange v. General Electric Company et al

Filing 18

ORDER approving 17 the Unopposed Joint Stipulation for Order of Dismissal of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Without Prejudice. Defendant Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is dismissed from the above-captioned action, without prejudice. The Court will not assess costs and attorney's fees as between Defendant Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Plaintiff Fire Insurance Exchange. Ordered by Chief Judge Laurie Smith Camp. (JSF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
FIRE INSURANCE EXCHANGE, a
Nevada foreign corporation;
8:16CV158
Plaintiff,
vs.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, AND a
New York corporation; and SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New
York corporation;
Defendants.

This matter is before the Court on the Unopposed Joint Stipulation for Order of
Dismissal of Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Without Prejudice (Filing No. 17)
(“Stipulation”), filed by Defendant Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“SEA”) and
Plaintiff Fire Insurance Exchange (“Fire Insurance”).

Under Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 21, a court may “[o]n motion or on its own motion, . . . at any time, on just
terms, add or drop a party.” The Stipulation states that Fire Insurance and SEA have
conferred and determined that SEA should be dismissed from this action without
prejudice. (Filing No. 17 ¶¶ 4–5.) Accordingly,
IT IS ORDERED:
1. The Unopposed Joint Stipulation for Order of Dismissal of Samsung
Electronics America, Inc., Without Prejudice (Filing No. 17) is approved;
2. Defendant Samsung Electronics America, Inc. is dismissed from the abovecaptioned action, without prejudice; and
3. The Court will not assess costs and attorney’s fees as between Defendant
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Plaintiff Fire Insurance Exchange.

Dated this 17th day of May, 2016
BY THE COURT:
s/Laurie Smith Camp
Chief United States District Judge

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