Williams v. Affinity Insurance Services, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ISABEL WILLIAMS, Case No. 23-cv-06347-JST
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO
DISMISS, MOTION TO STRIKE, AND
v. MOTION TO STAY
AFFINITY INSURANCE SERVICES, Re: ECF Nos. 27, 39, 40 INC., et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Before the Court are Defendants’ motion to dismiss, ECF No. 27; Defendants’ motion to strike, ECF No. 39; and Defendants’ motion to stay discovery, ECF No. 40. The Court will deny the motions. I. BACKGROUND As part of her purchase of two cruise tickets from non-party Carnival Cruise Lines, Plaintiff purchased Defendants’ “Vacation Protection” plan. ECF No. 1 ¶ (Complaint). As presented at check-out, this plan consisted of “Travel Insurance” underwritten by Nationwide Mutual Insurance and two “non-insurance” components: “Trip Cancellation,” and “24/7 Worldwide Travel Assistance.” Id. ¶ 32. Some additional information about the plan was posted elsewhere on the Carnival website, including brief…