Cramer
Cramer v. Standard Life Insurance Company of America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JANICE CRAMER, an individual, Case No.: 3:25-cv-00384-GPC-DEB
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT
v. POINT LOMA NAZARENE
UNIVERSITY’S MOTION TO
STANDARD LIFE INSURANCE CO.
DISMISS
OF AMERICA; POINT LOMA
NAZARENE UNIVERSITY,
[ECF No. 8] 16 Defendants.
19 Plaintiff has filed a complaint alleging a fiduciary breach cause of action under 20 ERISA, claiming that Defendants Point Loma Nazarene University and Standard Life 21 Insurance Company of America violated their duties as fiduciaries towards her late 22 husband and herself. Based on the complaint, the briefing, and for the following reasons, 23 the Court DENIES Defendant Point Loma Nazarene University’s motion to dismiss.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
25 Plaintiff Janice Cramer’s late husband, Andrew Cramer, was an employee of 26 Defendant Point Loma Nazarene University (“PLNU”) starting in August 2021. ECF No. 27 1 (“Compl.”) ¶ 9. At an unstated date between August 2022 and January 2023, Mr. Cramer’s…