Langley v. GEICO General Insurance Company

Filing 48

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS PLAINTIFF'S CLAIM FOR ATTORNEY'S FEES, granting 34 Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff's Claim for Attorney's Fees. DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. Signed by Judge Salvador Mendoza, Jr. (LR, Case Administrator)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON

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GEORGE TERRY LANGLEY,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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No. 1:14-CV-3069-SMJ

GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE
COMPANY,

ORDER GRANTING
DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO
DISMISS PLAINTIFF’S CLAIM
FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES

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Defendant.
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Before the Court, without oral argument, is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss

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Plaintiff’s Claim for Attorney’s Fees. ECF No. 34. Plaintiff’s Complaint, ECF

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No. 1-2 at & 8.3, includes a claim for attorney’s fees pursuant to Olympic

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Steamship.

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permissible when the insurer denied coverage. Here the value of the R.V., and not

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coverage, is at issue. Accordingly, Plaintiff may not recover fees pursuant to

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Olympic Steamship.

The parties agree that fees under Olympic Steamship are only

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

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Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Claim for Attorney’s Fees,
ECF No. 34, is GRANTED.

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DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.

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Plaintiff’s claim for attorney fees pursuant to Olympic Steamship is

IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk’s Office is directed to enter this Order
and provide copies to all counsel.
DATED this 5th day of December 2014.

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SALVADOR MENDOZA, JR.
United States District Judge

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