NAUTILUS INSURANCE COMPANY v. LIU CONSTRUCTION, LLC, No. 2:2022cv04936 - Document 44 (E.D. Pa. 2024)

Court Description: ORDER FOR THE REASONS STATED IN THE MEMORANDUM OPINION AND UPON CONSIDERATION OF PLAINTIF'S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT (ECF NO. 38), IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AS FOLLOWS: THE PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT IS GRANTED. JUDGMENT IS ENTER D IN FAVOR OF THE PLAINTIFFS AND AGAINST DEFENDANT LIU CONSTRUCTION, LLC, AS TO COUNT II OF THE AMENDED COMPLAINT, ETC. COUNT III OF THE AMENDED COMPLAINT IS DISMISSED AS MOOT. THE CLERK OF COURT SHALL MARK THIS CASE CLOSED FOR ALL PURPOSES INCLUDING STATISTICS. SIGNED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE PAMELA A. CARLOS ON 4/26/24. 4/26/24 ENTERED AND COPIES E-MAILED.(DT)

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NAUTILUS INSURANCE COMPANY v. LIU CONSTRUCTION, LLC Doc. 44 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ____________________________________ : NAUTILUS INSURANCE CO. : CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, : : vs. : : LIU CONSTRUCTION, LLC, et al. : No. 22-4936 Defendants. : ____________________________________: ORDER AND NOW, this 26th day of April, 2024, upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (ECF No. 38), it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 1. The Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment is GRANTED. 2. Judgment is ENTERED in FAVOR of Plaintiff Nautilus Insurance Company and AGAINST Defendant Liu Construction, LLC, as to Count II of the Amended Complaint, regarding the parties’ rights and obligations under the Nautilus commercial lines policy bearing policy number NN1043884 (the “Nautilus Policy”) as follows: a. Coverage is not available under the Nautilus Policy for the claims asserted, and damages alleged, in the action captioned Helio Soures Vaz v. Bala Spring Estate LLC, et al., Case No. 220501112, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County (the “Underlying Action”); b. Nautilus has no duty to defend Liu Construction for the claims asserted in the Underlying Action and no duty to indemnify Liu Construction for any damages it may become obligated to pay in connection with the Underlying Action; and c. With the permission of the court in the Underlying Action, Nautilus may withdraw its defense of Liu Construction in the Underlying Action. (Should Liu Dockets.Justia.com Construction fail to make arrangements to substitute in new counsel in the Underlying Action, and should Nautilus not be permitted to withdraw its defense of Liu Construction, Nautilus may return to the Court to seek additional relief, if any, that may be appropriate.) 3. Count III of the Amended Complaint is DISMISSED as moot. 4. The Clerk of Court shall mark this case CLOSED for all purposes including statistics. BY THE COURT: _s/Pamela A. Carlos___________ PAMELA A. CARLOS U.S. Magistrate Judge

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