Legal Opinion

Agullard v. Principal Life Insurance

District Court, D. Arizona

Decided January 13, 2010No. CV-09-2065-PHX-NVWPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

NEIL V. WAKE, District Judge.

Plaintiff moves to remand this case removed from the Arizona Superior Court, Maricopa County. (Doc. # 18.) There being no federal subject matter jurisdiction, the motion will be granted.

I. Background

Plaintiff Kim Agullard, an Arizona resident, was employed full-time by Defendant WestEd until September 30, 2006. During her employment, she was insured under short and long-term disability policies issued to WestEd by Defendant Principal Life Insurance Company (“Principal”). The policies, which are part of WestEd’s employee welfare benefit plan, are administered…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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