Herndon v. Equitable Variable Life Insurance Company
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
The issue on this appeal is whether a variable life insurance policy is a “covered security” under the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (“SLU-SA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 77p(c), 78bb(f) and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1367, 1441, and 1446, a question of first impression in this Circuit. Plaintiff Thomas R. Herndon filed in state court an eleven-count class action complaint against Equitable Variable Life Insurance Company (“Equitable”), alleging various Georgia state law claims arising from the sale of a variable life insurance policy. Upon removal to federal court by Equitable, the district…
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