The Burlington Insurance Company v. Diamond Partners, Inc. et al, No. 1:2010cv00100 - Document 33 (E.D. Cal. 2011)

Court Description: ORDER Adopting 32 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS signed by District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 2/8/2011. (Sant Agata, S)

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The Burlington Insurance Company v. Diamond Partners, Inc. et al Doc. 33 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – FRESNO DIVISION 10 11 THE BURLINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, 12 13 CASE NO. 1:10-cv-00100-LJO-SKO ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Plaintiff, v. (Docket No. 27, 32) 14 DIAMOND PARTNERS, INC. et al., 15 Defendants. 16 / 17 18 On January 21, 2010, Plaintiff Burlington Insurance Company ("Plaintiff") filed the instant 19 action seeking declaratory relief against Diamond Partners, Inc. ("Diamond"), Jacqueline Godbout, 20 an individual, Anthony Godbout, an individual, Anthony and Jacqueline Godbout in their capacity 21 as conservators of Kenneth Godbout, and against Anthony Godbout in his capacity as guardian ad 22 litem for the children of Kenneth Godbout (collectively "Defendants"). Plaintiff sought a declaration 23 that, pursuant to the terms of an insurance policy it issued to Diamond, Plaintiff had no duty to 24 defend or indemnify Diamond Partners, Inc. in an state court litigation involving Defendants. 25 Plaintiff also sought reimbursement for the defense costs it incurred in defending Diamond, under 26 complete reservation of rights, in the underlying state court action. (Doc. 1.) Defendants did not 27 respond to the complaint, and defaults were entered against Diamond (Doc. 9), Jacqueline Godbout 28 in her individual capacity (Doc. 25), and Anthony Godbout in his individual capacity (Doc. 26). Dockets.Justia.com 1 On November 3, 2010, Plaintiff filed a motion for default judgment as to all Defendants. 2 (Doc. 27.) In supplemental briefing, Plaintiff withdrew its request for a default judgment against 3 Anthony Godbout and Jacqueline Godbout in their capacity as conservators of Kenneth Godbout and 4 against Anthony Godbout in his capacity as guardian ad litem for the children of Kenneth Godbout. 5 (Doc. 30 at 1 n.1.) 6 On January 25, 2011, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendations that 7 (1) Plaintiff's request for a judgment declaring that the Assault and Battery Exclusion in its insurance 8 contract with Diamond Partners, Inc. applies to preclude coverage for the Godbout action be granted 9 and (2) Plaintiff's request for reimbursement of defense costs in the Godbout action in the amount 10 of $30,696.02 be granted. The Findings and Recommendations were served on all parties and 11 contained notice that any objections were to be filed within fifteen (15) days. No objections were 12 filed. 13 In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1)(c), this Court has conducted a 14 de novo review of the case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the Court finds that the 15 Findings and Recommendations are supported by the record and proper analysis. 16 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 17 1. 18 19 The Findings and Recommendations dated January 25, 2011, are ADOPTED IN FULL; 2. Plaintiff's request for a default judgment declaring that the Assault and Battery 20 Exclusion in its insurance contract with Diamond Partners, Inc. applies to preclude 21 coverage for the Godbout state court action is GRANTED; and 22 3. Plaintiff's request for reimbursement of the defense costs in the Godbout state court 23 action against Defendant Diamond Partners, Inc. in the amount of $30,696.02 is 24 GRANTED. 25 26 27 28 IT IS SO ORDERED. 2 1 2 Dated: b9ed48 February 8, 2011 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 3

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