Here's a copy of the Aiken pretrial order. - Insurance Coverage Blog

For Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. and James W. Jordan, P.E., S.E.
David A. Ward Jr. 10003 Woodloch Forest Dr., 281-362-7728
Suite 100
The Woodlands, TX 77380
James C. Simpson, Jr. 2310 19 th Street 228-863-6534
Gulfport, MS 39501
3. The pleadings are amended to conform with this pretrial order.
4. The following claims, including claims stated in the complaint, have been filed:
Plaintiffs’ claim against Defendants for breach of insurance contract, bad faith, punitive
damages and fraud.
Plaintiffs’ claim for policy limits, plus dwelling replacement costs provision of an
additional 25% of dwelling limits, for damage to their house, appurtenant structures,
contents, and additional living expenses.
Plaintiffs’ claim of conspiracy between USAA Casualty Insurance Company (“USAA
CIC”) and Rimkus Consulting Group, Inc. and Rimkus’ employee James W. Jordan, P.E.
Plaintiffs’ claims for emotional distress damages, punitive damages, attorneys’ fees and
expenses, and prejudgment interest.
USAA CIC maintains its answers and defenses asserted in answer to the Complaint,
including USAA CIC’s due process and constitutional defenses to Plaintiffs’ claim for
punitive damages.
Defendants Rimkus and Jordan maintain their answers and defenses asserted in its
answers to the Complaint, including their due process and constitutional defenses to
Plaintiffs’ claim for punitive damages.
5. The basis for the court’s jurisdiction is 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) (diversity of citizenship
between the parties and an amount in controversy in excess of $75,000.00 exclusive of
interest and costs.)
6. There is the following jurisdictional question:
NONE.
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