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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Enoc C. and Emma F. Aguilera, 

Plaintiffs, 

vs.

Auto-Owners Insurance; and Farmers

Insurance Group, 

Defendants. 

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No. CV-04-497-PHX-DGC

ORDER

Defendant Truck Insurance Exchange (“Truck”) has filed a Motion for Award of

Attorneys’ Fees and Relat ed Non-Taxable Expenses (Doc. #97) and a memorandum in

support of the motion (Doc. #101). Plaintiffs have filed no response. Defendant AutoOwners Insurance (“Auto-Owners”) has also filed a Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and NonTaxable Expenses (Doc. #99). Auto-Owners has not, however, filed a memorandum in

support of their motion, nor have Plaintiffs filed a response. The Court will grant Truck’s

motion and deny Auto-Owner’s motion.

A. Truck.

T ruck is entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’ fees in this action pursuant to

A.R.S. § 12-341.01(A) because Plaintiffs’ claim arose out of contract. This is true not only

for Plaint iffs’ breach of contract claim, but also for Plaintiffs’ tort claims. Those claims are

intrinsically related to the contract at issue and therefore are deemed t o have arisen out of

cont ract for purposes of the statute. Sparks v. Republic Nat’l Life Ins. Co., 647 P.2d 1127,

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1142 (1982). See also Ramsey Air Meds, L.L.C. v. Cutter Aviation, Inc., 6 P.3d 315, 318

(Ariz. Ct. App. 2000). 

Truck seeks an award of $14,770 in attorneys’ fees. The Court has reviewed T ruck’s

motion, memorandum, affidavit, and billing statements, and considers this to be a

reasonable request in light of the work required by Plaintiffs’ lawsuit. The Court

accordingly will grant an award of $14,770.00 in at torneys’ fees in favor of Truck and

against Plaintiffs.

B. Auto-Owner’s.

Auto-Owner’s filed a motion for attorneys’ fees. See Doc. #99. Auto-Owner’s

failed, however, to file a memorandum in support of its motion as required by LRCiv

54.2(b)(2). As a result, the Court will deny Auto-Owner’s motion.

IT IS HEREBY O RDERED that Defendant Truck Insurance Exchange’s Motion for

Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Related Non-T axable Expenses (Doc. #97) is granted. Truck

is awarded $14,770.00 for its attorneys’ fees in this matter.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Auto-Owner’s Insurance Motion for

Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Non-Taxable Expenses (Doc. #99) is denied.

DATED this 1st day of December, 2005.

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