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The plaintiff claims the defendant failed to pay damages under an insurance contract for uninsured motorist coverage and acted with bad faith when it adjusted the plaintiffs uninsured motorist coverage. The defendant moves to stay the plaintiffs bad faith claim, arguing proceeding on this claim at the same time as the plaintiffs breach of contract claim may be a waste of the parties’ and the court’s resources and is prejudicial to the defendant. The plaintiff objects. The court held a hearing on this matter on September 2, 2005. After a review of the parties’ pleadings and the applicable law, the court finds and rules as follows.

Jeffrey Stone (“Stone”) initially instituted this action against defendant New England Document Systems, Inc., f/k/a New England Micrographics, Inc. (“N.E. Docs”)[1] for breach of contract, compelled payment of dividends, freeze-out of a minority shareholder, and judicial dissolution of the corporation. N.E. Docs interposed counterclaims, and moves for judgment on the pleadings as to most of Stone’s claims, and also seeks costs and attorney’s fees. Stone objects. The Court held a hearing on October 23, 2006. Upon consideration of the parties’ oral arguments and written submissions, and as described below, N.E. Docs’ motion is GRANTED only as to Stone’s first breach of contract claim, and his judicial dissolution claim, and no award of costs and attorney’s fees is entered.