Nunn v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SIDNEY A. FITZWATER, Chief Judge.

In this suit arising from the denial of a claim for insurance coverage based on the alleged theft of, and fire damage to, an automobile, the court must decide whether the insurer is entitled to partial summary-judgment dismissing the insured’s extra-contractual claims. For the reasons that follow, the court grants the motion in part and denies it in part, and it in part defers a ruling in order to permit the plaintiff-insured to file additional briefing on grounds for partial summary judgment that the court raises sua sponte. 1

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