Legal Opinion
LaPlant v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided August 20, 2012No. Case No. 11-CV-00910PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LYNN ADELMAN, District Judge.
Plaintiff, Marleen M. LaPlant, the holder of an annuity insurance policy issued by defendant, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, brought an action in state court on behalf of a class of Wisconsin policyholders and, after a two week court trial, prevailed. Subsequently, plaintiff moved to expand the class to include policyholders from other states at which point defendant removed the case under the Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d). Plaintiff now moves to remand.
The facts that gave rise to the suit are as follows:…
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