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GENESIS SPECIALTY TILE & ACCESSORIES, LLC v. AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF IOWA

No. CIV. S-11-2489 LKK/DAD.

GENESIS SPECIALTY TILE & ACCESSORIES, LLC; ELEFTHERIOS EFSTRATIS; ELEFTHERIOS D. EFSTRATIS; PATRICIA E. EFSTRATIS; JESSICA N. EFSTRATIS; THOMAS A. JOHNSON; NORA E. RUNDELL, Plaintiffs, v. AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF IOWA; AVIVA LIFE AND ANNUITY COMPANY f/k/a AMERUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation; RAYMOND F. OLMO, an individual, R.F. OLMO & ASSOCIATES, INC., a corporation; MARSHALL KATZMAN, an individual; UNITED FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD, a corporation; DAVID ZUCCOLOTTO; and DOES 1 through 100, inclusive, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. California.

April 10, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Genesis Specialty Tile & Accessories, LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Guy Orville Kornblum , Guy Kornblum and Associates & Walter G Crump , Guy Kornblum & Associates.

Eleftherios D. Efstratis, Plaintiff, represented by Guy Orville Kornblum , Guy Kornblum and Associates & Walter G Crump , Guy Kornblum & Associates.

Patricia E. Efstratis, Plaintiff, represented by Guy Orville Kornblum , Guy Kornblum and Associates & Walter G Crump , Guy Kornblum & Associates.

Jessica N. Efstratis, Plaintiff, represented by Guy Orville Kornblum , Guy Kornblum and Associates & Walter G Crump , Guy Kornblum & Associates.

Thomas A. Johnson, Plaintiff, represented by Guy Orville Kornblum , Guy Kornblum and Associates & Walter G Crump , Guy Kornblum & Associates.

Nora E. Rundell, Plaintiff, represented by Guy Orville Kornblum , Guy Kornblum and Associates & Walter G Crump , Guy Kornblum & Associates.

Amerus Life Insurance Company of Iowa, Defendant, represented by Enrique D. Arana, PHV , Jorden Burt LLP, PRO HAC VICE, Kurt A. Kappes , Greenberg Traurig LLP, Todd M. Fuller, PHV , Jorden Burt LLP, PRO HAC VICE & Stephen Paffrath , Greenberg Traurig.

Aviva Life and Annuity Company, formerly known as Amerus Life Insurance Company, Defendant, represented by Stephen Paffrath , Greenberg Traurig, Enrique D. Arana, PHV , Jorden Burt LLP, PRO HAC VICE, Kurt A. Kappes , Greenberg Traurig LLP & Todd M. Fuller, PHV , Jorden Burt LLP, PRO HAC VICE.

Raymond F. Olmo, an individual, Defendant, represented by Brandon S. Reif , Winget Spadafora & Schwartzberg LLP & David Maurer , Winget Spadafora Schwartzbert.

R.F. Olmo & Associates, Inc., Defendant, represented by Brandon S. Reif , Winget Spadafora & Schwartzberg LLP & David Maurer , Winget Spadafora Schwartzbert.

Marshall Katzman, Defendant, represented by Connie Marie Anderson , Klinedinst PC & Reina G. Minoya , Klinedinst PC.

David Zuccolotto, Defendant, represented by Barbara J. Mandell , Mandell & Associates, PC & Lyndon H. Hong , Mandell & Associates PC.

ORDER

LAWRENCE K. KARLTON, Senior District Judge.

This action was removed from state court on September 19, federal subject matter jurisdiction. For the reasons that follow, plaintiffs' remand motion will be granted.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Complaint

The Complaint alleges that the individual plaintiffs are the owners and employees of plaintiff Genesis Specialty Tile & Accessories ("GSTA"). Defendants are...

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