PHL Variable Insurance Company v. Continental Casualty Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 PHL VARIABLE INSURANCE Case No. 19-cv-06799-CRB
COMPANY,
9 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND AND DENYING AS MOOT v. ADDITIONAL MOTIONS
CONTINENTAL CASUALTY
COMPANY, et al.,
Defendants.
Now pending is Plaintiff PHL Variable Insurance Company’s (“PHL”) motion to remand this action to the Superior Court for the County of San Francisco. Remand Mot. (dkt. 12) at 1. PHL filed its First Amended Complaint in that court, seeking a declaration of its rights under insurance policies it holds against Defendants Continental Casualty Company (“CNA”) and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London (the “Lloyd’s Defendants”). See generally First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), Notice of Removal (“Notice”) Ex. 2 (dkt. 1–3). CNA removed the action to this Court based on diversity jurisdiction. Notice at 3. CNA requests that the Court deny the motion to remand and dismiss or stay the action, or in the…