Legal Opinion
Pastor v. Union Central Life Insurance
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 6, 2002No. 01-3993-CivPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS
GOLD, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE is before the court upon defendant Union Central Life Insurance Co.’s (“Union Central”) motion to dismiss (DE # 5). The plaintiff, Otto Pastor (“Pastor”), has filed a one-count complaint against Union Central for statutory bad faith under Fla.Stat. § 624.155. The court has diversity jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. According to Union Central, Pastor’s complaint must be dismissed in its entirety because Florida law does not apply to this case, and Pastor seeks relief only under a Florida statute.…
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