Bajrami v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co.

Plaintiff Salih Bajrami initiated this civil action against Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Reliance Standard removed the action to this Court on the basis of federal-question jurisdiction, under ERISA, and has moved to dismiss all counts of the Complaint as being preempted by the statute. Bajrami has moved to remand, asserting that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction, as he is not covered by ERISA as a foreign national working for a foreign company, and that Reliance Standard failed to promptly notify the state court of removal. For…