Howard v. Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance

CURTIS L. COLLIER, District Judge.

Plaintiff-Appellant Lizzie Howard appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to Defendant-Appellee Nationwide Property and Casualty Insurance Company. In her sole assignment of error, she challenges the district court’s decision to strike her response to Defendant’s summary judgment motion on the grounds that the response was untimely filed. Because the district court did not abuse its discretion, we AFFIRM.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff sued Defendant in state court for breach of contract and bad faith denial of an insurance claim. The case…