The Hanover Insurance Company v. Intrepid Law Group LLC et al

Filing 64

ORDER denying Defendants Takenaka/Rounds's 63 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (SR)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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THE HANOVER INSURANCE
COMPANY,

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v.

INTREPID LAW GROUP, LLC, et
al.,

ORDER DENYING
DEFENDANTS
TAKENAKA/ROUNDS’S
MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION

Defendants.

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Plaintiff,

CASE NO. C20-0662JLR

Before the court is Defendants Tracy Takenaka and Brian Rounds’s (collectively,

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“Takenaka/Rounds”) motion for reconsideration of the court’s May 18, 2021 order

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granting in part Plaintiff The Hanover Insurance Company’s (“Hanover”) motion for

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reconsideration of the court’s March 18, 2021 order denying Hanover’s motion for

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summary judgment. (See MFR (Dkt. # 63); see also 5/18/21 Order (Dkt. # 61); 3/18/21

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Order (Dkt. # 53).) Motions for reconsideration are disfavored, and the court ordinarily

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will deny such motions unless the moving party shows (a) manifest error in the prior
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ruling, or (b) new facts or legal authority that could not have been brought to the attention

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of the court earlier through reasonable diligence. Local Rules W.D. Wash. LCR 7(h)(1).

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The court has carefully reviewed Takenaka/Rounds’s motion. Takenaka/Rounds

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present no new facts or legal authority that could not have been brought to the court’s

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attention earlier with reasonable diligence. (See generally MFR.) Instead, they now

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argue that the claims they brought in state court against Defendants Intrepid Law Group,

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LLC (“Intrepid”) and Thi Huynh are not subject to the “Outside Entities” exclusion in the

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professional liability insurance policy at issue in this case because the claims (1) neither

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“arise” nor “originate” from Mr. Huynh’s control or management of Green Sky

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Productions, LLC (“Green Sky”) and Defendant 4200 Letitia, LLC (“Letitia”) and (2) are

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not “in any way related to” Green Sky or Letitia. (See generally id.) Takenaka/Rounds

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do not explain why they could not have raised the legal authority they cite in their motion

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in their response to Hanover’s motion for reconsideration. (See generally id.; see also

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4/2/21 Order (Dkt. # 55) (directing Defendants to file a response limited to the

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applicability of the “Outside Entities” exclusion); Takenaka/Rounds Resp. (Dkt. # 56).)

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Moreover, the court’s May 18, 2021 order fully analyzed the applicability of the “Outside

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Entities” exclusion to Takenaka/Rounds’s claims. (See 5/18/21 Order at 11-15.)

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For the foregoing reasons, the court concludes that Takenaka/Rounds have made

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neither of the required Local Rule LCR 7(h)(1) showings. (See generally MFR.)

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Therefore, the court DENIES Takenaka/Rounds’s motion for reconsideration (Dkt. # 63).

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Dated this 2nd day of June, 2021.

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A

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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