Legal Opinion

Skornick v. Principal Fin. Grp.

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided April 18, 2019No. 18-CV-4324 (CS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATHY SEIBEL, U.S.D.J.

Before the Court is Plaintiff's motion to remand this case to state court. (Doc. 36.)

I. BACKGROUND 1

On April 5, 2018, Plaintiff Brian J. Skornick brought this action in the New *179York State Supreme Court in Westchester County to recover disability benefits under a policy he purchased from Defendant Principal Financial Group ("Principal") through his employer, Defendant Brooklyn Public Library (the "Library"). (Wasserman Aff. ¶¶ 2-3; Compl. ¶¶ 4-5.) Plaintiff alleges that he completed all of the required paperwork, paid the required premiums - at least some of which were…

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