Selter
Selter v. Great American E & S Ins. Co.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRUCE SELTER and KELLY JEANNE No. 2:21-cv-01114-MCE-DB
JAMES,
12 Plaintiffs, ORDER v.
GREAT AMERICAN E&S INSURANCE
COMPANY and AMERICAN
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.,
16 Defendants. 17 On May 20, 2021, Plaintiffs Bruce Selter (“Selter”) and Kelly Jeanne James (“James” and, collectively with Selter, “Plaintiffs”) filed a Complaint in the Superior Court of California, County of Placer, against Defendants Great American E&S Insurance Company (“E&S”) and its parent company, American Financial Group, Inc. (“AFG” and, collectively with E&S, “Defendants”), alleging Defendants refused to defend and indemnify James in an underlying state court action. Ex. A, Not. Removal, ECF No. 1-1 (“Compl.”). Defendants subsequently removed the case to this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Not. Removal, ECF No. 1. Presently before the Court is AFG’s Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(2) and (6),1 which has been fully briefed. ECF Nos. 5 (“AFG’s…