Amalu v. LSH Transport, LLC et al

Filing 207

ORDER DENYING AS MOOT DEFENDANT STEVENS TRANSPORT TL, INC.'S MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT(177) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:15-cv-01116-JDB-egb; denying (163) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:15-cv-01117-JDB-egb; denying (102) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:15-cv-01175-JDB-egb; denying (61) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:15-cv-01298-JDB-egb; denying (15) Motion to Dismiss in case 1:16-cv-01116-JDB-egb. Signed by Chief Judge J. Daniel Breen on 8/26/2016. Associated Cases: 1:15-cv-01116-JDB-egb, 1:15-cv-01117-JDB-egb, 1:15-cv-01175-JDB-egb, 1:15-cv-01298-JDB-egb, 1:16-cv-01116-JDB-egb(Breen, J.)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
EASTERN DIVISION
AUGUSTINA C. AMALU, Individually
and as Next of Kin and Administrator of
the Estate of Ifeyinwa Stephanie Amalu,
Deceased,
Plaintiff,
v.

No. 15-1116

LSH TRANSPORT, LLC, et al.,
Defendants,
_____________________________________________________________________________
ODY UDEOZO and JOSEPHINE UDEOZO,
Individually and as Next of Kin and
Administrators of the Estate of Chinelo
Udeozo, Deceased,
Plaintiffs,
v.

No. 15-1117

LSH TRANSPORT, LLC, et al.,
Defendants,
_____________________________________________________________________________
JAMES HARTMANN and
GLENDA HARTMANN,
Plaintiffs,
v.

No. 15-1175

LSH TRANSPORT, LLC, et al.,
Defendants,
_____________________________________________________________________________

AUGUSTINA C. AMALU, Individually
and as Next of Kin and Administrator of
the Estate of Ifeyinwa Stephanie Amalu,
Deceased, and
ODY UDEOZO and JOSEPHINE UDEOZO,
Individually and as Next of Kin and
Administrators of the Estate of Chinelo
Udeozo, Deceased,
Plaintiffs,
v.

No. 15-1298

STEVENS TRANSPORT, INC.,
Defendant,
______________________________________________________________________________
AUGUSTINA C. AMALU, Individually
and as Next of Kin and Administrator of
the Estate of Ifeyinwa Stephanie Amalu,
Deceased, and
ODY UDEOZO and JOSEPHINE UDEOZO,
Individually and as Next of Kin and
Administrators of the Estate of Chinelo
Udeozo, Deceased,
Plaintiffs,
v.

No. 16-1116

STEVENS TRANSPORT T.L., INC.,
Defendant.
_____________________________________________________________________________
ORDER DENYING AS MOOT DEFENDANT STEVENS TRANSPORT TL, INC.’S MOTION
TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
_____________________________________________________________________________
Pending before the Court is the June 24, 2016, motion of Defendant, Stevens Transport
TL, Inc. (“Stevens TL”), to dismiss the original complaint filed against it by Plaintiffs Augustina
Amalu, individually and as next of kin and administrator of the estate of Ifeyinwa Stephanie
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Amalu, deceased, and Ody Udeozo and Josephine Udeozo, individually and as next of kin and
administrators of the estate of Chinelo Udeozo, deceased. (D.E. 177.) Subsequently, on August
24, 2016, these Plaintiffs filed an amended and consolidated complaint. (D.E. 205.) When a
plaintiff files an amended complaint, the new pleading supersedes all previous complaints and
controls the case going forward. See Parry v. Mohawk Motors of Mich., Inc., 236 F.3d 299, 30607 (6th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, Stevens TL’s motion to dismiss the superseded complaint is
DENIED as moot. See Beijing Fito Med. Co., Ltd. v. Wright Med. Tech., Inc., No. 2:15-cv02258-JPM-tmp, 2016 WL 502109, at *1 (W.D. Tenn. Feb. 8, 2016) (where amended complaint
had been filed, motion to dismiss original complaint rendered moot); Ky. Press Ass’n, Inc. v. Ky.,
355 F. Supp. 2d 853, 857 (E.D. Ky. 2005) (same).
IT IS SO ORDERED this 26th day of August 2016.
s/ J. DANIEL BREEN
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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