Source: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-almd-2_06-cv-00123/USCOURTS-almd-2_06-cv-00123-0/pdf.json

Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:2201 Declaratory Judgement

---

* By order of this court (Doc. No. 15), defendant

Barbour County Historical Preservation Authority has been

dismissed from this action.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE )

CO., )

)

Plaintiff, )

)

v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 

) 2:06cv123-MHT

JACK J. RUSCH, et al., ) (WO)

)

Defendants. )

OPINION

In this lawsuit, plaintiff Auto-Owners Insurance Co. has

sued defendant Jack J. Rusch,*

 seeking a declaration as

follows with regard to a state-court lawsuit: that AutoOwners Insurance Co. does not owe insurance coverage to for

any of the claims or damages arising from the state lawsuit;

that Auto-Owners Insurance Co. has no duty to defend Rusch

or pay any damages arising out of the events alleged in the

state lawsuit; and that Auto-Owners Insurance Co. does not

Case 2:06-cv-00123-MHT-CSC Document 23 Filed 08/08/06 Page 1 of 2
owe insurance coverage, a defense, or indemnity to Rusch for

any of the claims or damages set forth in the state lawsuit.

This cause is now before the court on Auto-Owners’s

motion for entry of a default judgment against Rusch. The

record in this case reflects that Rusch was served with a

copy of the summons and complaint; that he has failed to

respond to the summons and complaint within the time

allowed; and that he has failed to respond to an order of

this court giving him an opportunity to demonstrate why a

final default judgment should not be entered against him.

Accordingly, this court is of the opinion that Auto-Owners’s

motion for entry of a default judgment should be granted and

that judgment by default should be entered against Rusch.

A judgment will be entered in accordance with this

opinion. 

DONE, this the 8th day of August, 2006.

_____________________________ /s/ Myron H. Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Case 2:06-cv-00123-MHT-CSC Document 23 Filed 08/08/06 Page 2 of 2