Wiedo
Wiedo v. Securian Life Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
CENTRAL DIVISION
FRANKFORT
ROBERT WIEDO, )
) Plaintiff, ) Civil No. 3:19-cv-00097-GFVT )
V. )
) MEMORANDUM OPINION
SECURIAN LIFE INSURANCE ) &
COMPANY, et al., ) ORDER ) Defendants. ) *** *** *** ***
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Robert Wiedo’s Motion to Transfer Venue. [R. 23.] This action was initially filed in Anderson Circuit Court. [R. 1-1.] Defendants removed to this Court pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 29 U.S.C. §§ 1132 (“ERISA”). [R. 1.] Now, Mr. Wiedo seeks transfer to the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, California, in accordance with a forum-selection clause included in the McKesson Corporation Health and Welfare Wrap Plan (“Wrap Plan”). [R. 23-2 at 19–20.] For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s Motion to Transfer Venue is GRANTED. I Before her untimely death, Amanda Wiedo purchased accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) coverage through her employer, Defendant McKesson Corporation.1 [R. 16 at ¶ 21.] The AD&D…