Lawanda D. Small v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Case 2:22-cv-04640-TJH-KES Document Filed 11/30/ Page 1 of Page ID #:362
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 United States District Court Central District of California Western Division 11 LAWANDA SMALL, CV 22-04640 TJH (KESx)
Plaintiff, v. Order ALLIANZ LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA,
16 Defendant. 17 18 The Court has considered Plaintiff Lawanda Small’s motion to remand [dkt. # 16] and Defendant Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America’s [“Allianz”] motion to dismiss [dkt. # 13], together with the moving and opposing papers. On February 27, 2020, Small filed a putative class action – Small v. Allianz Life Ins. Co. of N. Am. (Small I), No. CV 20-01944 THJ (KES). Small’s Complaint [“the Small I Complaint”] centered on the allegation that, in 2019, Allianz wrongfully denied her life insurance claim, tendered under her late husband’s life insurance policy [“the Policy”]. Small alleged that Allianz had, inter alia, failed to provide the mandatory 30-day notice of a missed premium payment and failed to…