Duck v. First Assurance Life of America

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, District Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of defendant First Assurance Life of America (First Assurance) for summary judgment or, in the alternative, for partial summary judgment on the issue of punitive damages. Plaintiff Kenneth W. Duck has responded in opposition to the motion and the court, having considered the memoranda of authorities, together with attachments, submitted by the parties, concludes that defendant’s motion for summary judgment should be granted.

The facts relevant to defendant’s motion are undisputed. On October 12,…