National Surety Corp. v. Hartford Casualty Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SIMPSON, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the motion to dismiss by the defendant, the Hartford Casualty Insurance Company (“Hartford”). This case involves the plaintiffs claims for breach of contract and for common law bad faith, under theories of conventional and equitable subrogation. For the reasons set forth below, the court will GRANT the defendant’s motion to dismiss.

FACTS

Hartford insured Sufix, USA (“Sufix”), a company that manufactured a trimmer head for weed eaters. The plaintiff, National Surety Corporation (“National Surety”), was Sufix’s excess…