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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Gordon grants the insurer’s motion to dismiss aspects of this insurance dispute brought by a truck driver who was injured in an accident caused by an unknown party. The driver brings a variety of claims against his company's insurance provider, including breach of contract, fraud and civil conspiracy. Certain allegations of intentional misrepresentation and conspiracy do not identify whether or not the provider or its parent company made the alleged representations, when, or how the representations were communicated. Also, a parent company cannot conspire with its subsidiary and a company generally cannot conspire with its own employees. Breach of contract claims will be allowed to proceed. The precise relationship between the involved entities is unclear from the policy, the complaint’s allegations and representations made by the companies, and it is premature to conclude that the driver cannot state a claim. He is given leave to amend.