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Tufano v. State Farm

3:26-cv-02976 · U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania

Pending; complaint filed Oct. 6, 2026 against State Farm, BMW of North America LLC and the Dickson City Police Department, and assigned to Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Caraballo. Summonses were issued the same day and the $405 filing fee was paid; no response, appearance or order is recorded.Pennsylvania
CourtU.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
FiledOctober 6, 2026
StatusPending; complaint filed Oct. 6, 2026 against State Farm, BMW of North America LLC and the Dickson City Police Department, and assigned to Magistrate Judge Phillip J. Caraballo. Summonses were issued the same day and the $405 filing fee was paid; no response, appearance or order is recorded.
Outcome—
Final disposition—
JurisdictionPennsylvania
Pro seYes
Current / transferee court—
Transferred case—
Last researchedOctober 7, 2026

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Outcome and research status

Research status: Source-backed docket metadata only (CourtListener docket 74926795; the complete four-entry list was read Oct. 7, 2026). No document on the docket is available through the free federal archive.

Research notes: Discovered Oct. 7, 2026 by a nationwide sweep of the free federal docket index with no court filter, covering everything filed since Aug. 1, 2026, and found one day after it was filed. The complaint is docketed as filed by Frank A. Tufano and names the same three defendants as the Lackawanna County action C025, which was still pending with Preliminary Objections and Motions to Transfer Venue unresolved when this federal action was commenced. C025 concerns an October 2025 auto accident and the valuation of the totalled vehicle. All three defendants were already tracked parties before this filing. The docket records the nature of suit as 355 Motor Vehicle Product Liability. No document on the docket is available through the free federal archive, so nothing beyond the docket entries themselves could be read.

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Frank Tufano Litigation Research. "Tufano v. State Farm (3:26-cv-02976)". Research last verified October 7, 2026. https://suedbyfranktufano.com/cases/3-26-cv-02976-tufano-v-state-farm/
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