Laura Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
LAURA CYR, an individual, No. 2:23-cv-06257-DSF-RAO Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE
v. CONSOLIDATION WITH CASE
NO. 2:23-CV-06286-DSF-RAO,
RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE CYR V. RELIANCE STANDARD
INSURANCE COMPANY, an Life Ins. Co., et al. Illinois Corporation; SUSAN STICKLER, an individual, Defendants.
Plaintiff Laura Cyr filed a lawsuit against Defendants Reliance Standard and Susan Stickler in the Superior Court of California alleging intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligence. See Dkt. 1. Defendants removed the case to the United States District Court for the Central District of California on August 2, 2023. Id. at 1. On the same day, Cyr filed an ERISA action against the same Defendants in the Central District. Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., et al., No. 2:23-cv-06286 (C.D. Cal. Aug. 2, 2023), Dkt. 1. Defendants moved to dismiss the present action, arguing ERISA preemption. Dkt. 12. On September 22, 2023, this Court ordered the transfer of the ERISA case as related to this action. Transfer Order, Cyr v. Reliance Standard Life Ins. Co., et al., No.…