Insurance Distribution Consulting, LLC v. Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Company

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
GALVESTON DIVISION
INSURANCE DISTRIBUTION
CONSULTING, LLC,
Plaintiff.
V.
FIDELITY & GUARANTY LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
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3:23-cv-00126
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
MEMORANDUM AND RECOMMENDATION
On December 30, 2025, all pretrial matters in this case were referred to
United States Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1).
Dkt. 87. Judge Edison filed a memorandum and recommendation on March 2,
2026, recommending that the defendant’s motions for summary judgment (Dkts.
44, 79) be granted and its motion to exclude expert testimony (Dkt. 69) be denied
as moot. Dkt. 102.
On March 16, 2026, the plaintiff filed its objections to the memorandum and
recommendation. Dkt. 103. In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C), this court
is required to “make a de novo determination of those portions of the [magistrate
judge’s] report or specified 	proposed 	findings or recommendations to which
objection [has been] made.” After conducting this de novo review, the court may
“accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations
made by the magistrate judge.” Id.; see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
United States District Court
Southern District of Texas
ENTERED
May 14, 2026
Nathan Ochsner, Clerk
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The court has carefully considered the objections; the memorandum and
recommendation; the pleadings; and the record. The court accepts Judge Edison’s
memorandum and recommendation and adopts it as the opinion of the court. It is
therefore ordered that:
(1) 	Judge Edison’s memorandum and recommendation (Dkt. 102) is
approved and adopted in its entirety as the holding of the court; and
(2) 	The defendant’s motions for summary judgment (Dkts. 44, 79) are
granted and its motion to exclude expert testimony (Dkt. 69) is denied
as moot.
SIGNED on Galveston Island this 14th day of May, 2026.
______________________________
JEFFREY VINCENT BROWN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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