Carlton
Carlton v. AmGuard Ins. Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ----oo0oo---- 11 DAN CARLTON, an individual, No. 2:22-cv-02030 WBS DB Plaintiff, v. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:
DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR
AMGUARD INSURANCE COMPANY, a SUMMARY JUDGMENT foreign corporation; and DOES 1 to 100, inclusive, Defendant. 18 ----oo0oo---- Plaintiff Dan Carlton brought this action against defendant AmGUARD Insurance Company, alleging breach of an insurance contract and bad faith. (Docket No. 1-1.) Defendant now moves for summary judgment. (Docket No. 15.) I. Factual & Procedural Background Plaintiff owned a 45-foot motorized fishing boat. (See Def.’s Statement of Undisputed Facts (Docket No. 15-1) (“SUF”) ¶ 10.) Plaintiff kept a boat captain, Luis Flores, on retainer to pilot the boat. (See id. ¶ 11.) On November 3, 2021, Captain Flores began a trip to take the boat -- which was docked in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico -- to…