Brumfield v. Standard Fire Insurance Company

1 U.S. F DIL ISE TD R I IN C TT H CE O URT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON May 17, 2024 [2] SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK [4] 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON [6] 7 DRUSCILLA BRUMFIELD; C.L.B., a minor child; and C.N.B., a minor NO. 2:23-CV-0341-TOR 8 child, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ 9 Plaintiffs, MOTION TO REMAND 10 v. 11 THE STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign 12 insurer, 13 Defendant. [14] 15 BEFORE THE COURT is Plaintiffs’ Second Motion to Remand. ECF No. 16 10. The matter was submitted for consideration without oral argument. The Court 17 has reviewed the record and files herein and is fully informed. For the reasons 18 discussed below, Plaintiff’s Second Motion to Remand (ECF No. 10) is granted. 19 // 20 // 1 BACKGROUND 2 The Parties have now come to an agreement that Plaintiffs’ total combined 3 damages in this matter do not exceed $75,000. ECF No. 11. “This amount 4 includes recovery for all damages that Plaintiffs have asserted, could have asserted, 5 or will assert in this action, including but not limited to, damage or injury claims of 6 Breach of Contract, Breach of Duty of Good Faith, Violation of Insurance Fair 7 Conduct Act, and Violation of Consumer Protection Act, tort claims, and any claim 8 for costs or attorney fees under Olympic Steamship v. Centennial Ins. Co., 117 9 Wn.2d 37 , 811 P.2d 673 (1991) and attorney fees or costs and exemplary damages 10 under any other Washington law.” See ECF No. 11 for the full stipulation. 11 The Parties agree that this case be remanded to Spokane County Superior 12 Court because the total amount in controversy does not exceed the $75,000 13 threshold necessary to satisfy the federal jurisdictional requirements. 14 // 15 // 16 ACCORDINGLY, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 17 1. Plaintiffs’ Second Motion to Remand (ECF No. 10) is GRANTED. 18 2. This case is hereby REMANDED to the Spokane County Superior Court 19 for all further proceedings (former Spokane County Superior Court No. 20 23-2-04226-32). l The District Court Executive is hereby directed to enter this Order, furnish 2|| copies to counsel, mail a certified copy to the Clerk of the Spokane County 3|| Superior Court, and CLOSE the file. 4 DATED May 17, 2024. 6 = THOMAS Gk <> United States District Judge