Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance Company v. Hack

Filing 22

ORDER (Memorandum 21 filed previously as separate docket entry) GRANTING in part & DENYING in part pltf's MTD counterclaim 18 as follows... (see Paras 1a-c for specifics) & directing Metropolitan to respond to Hack's counterclaim 14 in acc w/ FRCP. (See order for complete details.) Signed by Chief Judge Christopher C. Conner on 2/28/18. (ki)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
METROPOLITAN GROUP
PROPERTY AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Plaintiff
v.
WILLIAM HACK,
Defendant

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CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:16-CV-1342
(Chief Judge Conner)

ORDER
AND NOW, this 28th day of February, 2018, upon consideration of the motion
(Doc. 18) filed by plaintiff Metropolitan Group Property and Casualty Insurance
Company (“Metropolitan”) seeking to dismiss the counterclaim (Doc. 14) advanced
by defendant William Hack (“Hack”), and for the reasons stated in the
accompanying memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1.

The motion (Doc. 18) to dismiss Hack’s counterclaim is GRANTED in
part and DENIED in part as follows:
a.
b.

Subparagraphs 77(j), (k), and (l) are DISMISSED with prejudice
to the extent they challenge a denial of benefits.

c.
2.

Subparagraphs 77(a), (f), (g), (o), (p), (q), and (r) are DISMISSED
with prejudice.

Metropolitan’s motion (Doc. 18) is otherwise DENIED.

Metropolitan shall respond to Hack’s counterclaim (Doc. 14) in
accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
/S/ CHRISTOPHER C. CONNER
Christopher C. Conner, Chief Judge
United States District Court
Middle District of Pennsylvania