Leventhal, M.D. v. Jackson National Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LAWRENCE LEVENTHAL, Case No. 19-cv-02123-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE REMAND
v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 21 JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Lawrence Leventhal originally filed this case in the California Superior Court after Jackson National Life Insurance Company (“Jackson National”) denied his claim for benefits under disability insurance policies. The action alleges claims for breach of contract and bad faith against Jackson National, and for a writ of mandate against the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance. Jackson National removed the complaint on diversity grounds. Dkt. No. 1. Leventhal asks to remand the case back to the state court, and for costs and fees. Dkt. No. 21. The Court took the matter under submission on the written papers, Dkt. No. 31; Civil L.R. 7-1(b), and finds that the case was removed improvidently and without jurisdiction. It is remanded to the Superior Court for the City and County of San…