J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. v. Adams

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING STATE FARM’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND GRANTING J.B. HUNT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

ROBERT H. CLELAND, District Judge.

Pending before the court are cross-motions for summary judgment filed by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) and J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc. (“J.B.Hunt”). The motions have been fully briefed and the court concludes that a hearing is unnecessary. See E.D. Mich. LR 7.1(e)(2). For the reasons stated below, the court will deny State Farm’s motion and grant J.B. Hunt’s motion.

I. BACKGROUND 1

On April 2, 2003, in Southfield,…