Cox v. MAG Mutual Insurance Co. et al, No. 3:2014cv00377 - Document 23 (E.D. Va. 2015)
Court Description: MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by District Judge John A. Gibney, Jr on 04/09/2015. (tjoh, )
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Cox v. MAG Mutual Insurance Co. et al Doc. 23 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Richmond Division THOMAS P. COX, Plaintiff, V. Civil Case No. 3:14-cv-377-JAG MAG MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al. Defendants. OPINION Thomas Cox, an insurance salesman, brings this suit because he thinks an insurance agency teamed up with an insurance carrier to steal some of his customers. Unfortunately, his factual allegations do not go beyond the speculative, so the Court must dismiss his case. Cox tries to state claims of conspiracy and tortious interference with his contract and with his business expectancies, but his complaint lacks any allegations that push his claim from guesswork to a plausible claim. Consequently, the Court GRANTS the defendants' motions to dismiss, filed under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). I. Facts Beside the plaintiff, this case contains three major characters: (1) MAG Mutual Insurance Company, an insurance carrier that provides medical malpractice insurance; (2) Riggs, Counselman, Michaels & Downes, Inc. ("RCMD"), an insurance agency that sells MAG insurance; and (3) Charles Lunsford Sons & Associates, another insurance agency that sells various brands of insurance in the medical field. From 2005 until 2009, Cox worked for RCMD as a salesman. By his account, he built a number of customer relationships, and sold a great deal of MAG insurance. In 2009, RCMD Dockets.Justia.com
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