Wright v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, et al

Filing 17

ORDER granting 8 Consent MOTION to Substitute Party filed by Metlife Insurance Company USA, Inc. - Signed by District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan on 1/17/2017. (Tripp, S.)

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION

TRISHA L. WRIGHT,
Plaintiffs,

Civil Action No. 5:17-cv-00014- FL

v.
METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA,
INC., a Delaware Corporation, PELNIK
INSURANCE OF CARY, NC, INC., and
C.W. BURKE,

ORDER

Defendant.

This cause coming to be heard upon request by Defendant MetLife Insurance Company
USA, Inc., with consent of Plaintiff as well as co-defendants Pelnik Insurance of Cary, NC,
Inc., and C.W. Burke, and the parties having advised the Court that Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, rather than MetLife Insurance Company USA, Inc., issued Group Policy
Number TM 05910791-G, which is the subject matter of this action, and is the proper
defendant in this case, said parties have further agreed that a substitution of parties can be
made without the necessity of Plaintiff filing an amended complaint.
Based on the foregoing, and with the consent of all parties, it is ORDERED as follows:

(a) Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is hereby substituted for MetLife Insurance
Company USA, Inc., as the named defendant in this action; and

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(b) It shall not be necessary for Plaintiff to file an amended complaint; rather, all
references in Plaintiff’s Complaint to “MetLife Insurance Company USA, Inc.,” or “Defendant
MetLife” shall be deemed references to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company;

(c) In addition, service which has previously been made upon MetLife Insurance
Company USA, Inc. shall be deemed proper service on Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
This the ___ day of January, 2017.
17th

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LOUISE W. FLANAGAN
United States District Judge

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