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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Insurance Contract

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Elizabeth Downs, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

State Farm Mutual Automobile

Association, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV-09-1565-PHX-FJM

ORDER

The court has before it defendant Mary Borgens’ motion to dismiss (doc. 7). Plaintiff

has not responded and the time for doing so has expired. Under LRCiv 7.2(i), if a party

“does not serve and file the required answering memoranda . . . such non-compliance may

be deemed a consent to the denial or granting of the motion and the Court may dispose of the

motion summarily.” 

Borgens, an insurance adjuster, contends that dismissal is proper under Rule 12(b)(6),

Fed. R. Civ. P., for failure to state a claim because an adjuster cannot be liable for bad faith.

We agree. See Meineke v. GAB Bus. Servs., Inc., 195 Ariz. 564, 568, 991 P.2d 267, 271

(Ct. App. 1999) (rejecting negligence claim against an adjuster). 

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IT IS ORDERED GRANTING defendant Borgens’ motion to dismiss (doc. 7). 

DATED this 10th day of September, 2009.

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