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Nature of Suit Code: 350
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Auto Negligence

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, SOUTHERN DIVISION

PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY )

INSURANCE COMPANY, )

)

Plaintiff, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 1:10cv681-MHT

) (WO) 

DAZIA M. FUMBAH, )

)

Defendant and )

 Crossclaim Plaintiff, )

)

v. )

)

LARRY DWAYNE MIMS, )

)

Crossclaim Defendant. )

OPINION

Plaintiff Progressive Specialty Insurance Company

filed this lawsuit against defendants Larry Dwayne Mims,

Paula Denise Traylor, Dazia M. Fumbah, and Warner

Enterprises, Inc., seeking a declaration as follows with

regard to a state lawsuit: that Progressive has no duty

to provide liability insurance coverage under the terms

of a policy issued to Mims; and that Progressive has no

duty to provide a defense to Mims or Traylor and no duty

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to indemnify them for any lawsuits arising out of the

accidents at issue. This lawsuit is now before the court

on the recommendation of the magistrate judge that

Progressive’s declaratory-judgment request against Fumbah

should be granted and that Fumbah’s request for

declaratory judgment should be dismissed without

prejudice. Fumbah has filed a request for judgment,

which the court is treating as an objection to the

recommendation. After an independent and de novo review

of the record, the court concludes that the Fumbah’s

objection should be overruled and the magistrate judge’s

recommendation adopted. (It should be noted that

Fumbah’s crossclaims against Mims are still pending.)

An appropriate judgment will be entered. 

DONE, this the 24th day of May, 2012.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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