French Laundry Partners, LP dba The French Laundry v. Hartford Fire Insurance Company

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 FRENCH LAUNDRY PARTNERS, LP Case No. 20-cv-04540-JSC DBA THE FRENCH LAUNDRY, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE: MOTION TO REMAND 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 12 10

HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE

11 COMPANY, et al., Defendants. 12 13 Plaintiffs own and operate the restaurants The French Laundry and Bouchon Bistro in 14 Napa County California. They brought this declaratory judgment action in the Napa County 15 Superior Court against their insurers, Hartford Fire Insurance Company and Trumbull Insurance 16 Company, as well as Dr. Karen Relucio as the Napa County Health Officer, seeking a declaration 17 that the County’s March 18, 2020 shelter in place order triggered coverage under Plaintiffs’ 18 insurance policy. Defendant Insurers thereafter removed the action to this Court based on 19 diversity jurisdiction contending that Dr. Relucio was fraudulently joined. Dr. Relucio has since 20 moved to dismiss and Plaintiffs have moved to remand the action to state court.1 Having 21 considered the parties’ briefs, the…