Legal Opinion
Cotton v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
District Court, N.D. Florida
Decided May 2, 2005No. 3:05CV46/RV/MDPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
VINSON, Senior District Judge.
Pending is the defendant’s motion to dismiss. (Doc. 3).
In this insurance dispute, the plaintiff, Ernest L. Cotton, Esquire, as guardian ad litem for Han-Sun Boynton, originally brought a state court action seeking to recover benefits under a Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance policy. The defendant removed this action to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction [28 U.S.C. § 1332] and federal question jurisdiction [28 U.S.C. § 1331]. Pursuant to Rule 12, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the defendant now moves to dismiss, arguing that the plaintiffs…
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