Gertner v. Corebridge Financial, Inc. et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
CASE NO. 2:26-cv-14209-LEIBOWITZ/MAYNARD
PATRICK M. GERTNER, as Trustee of the Sixth
Amendment and Restatement of the Karen Beth Twiss Trust
Dated May 16, 2023,
Plaintiff,
v.
COREBRIDGE FINANCIAL INC,
et al.,
Defendants.
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation by United States
Magistrate Judge Shaniek Mills Maynard [ECF No. 48] (the “R&R”), filed on September 30, 2026.
The R&R recommends granting in part and denying in part Plaintiff’s Motion To Remand this case
to state court [ECF No. 14] (the “Motion”). 	[ECF No. 48 at 1, 13]. 	Specifically, Judge Maynard
recommends remanding this action to the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit in and for
Martin County, Florida, and denying Plaintiff’s request for attorney’s fees and costs under 28 U.S.C.
§ 1447(c). [Id. at 13]. The undersigned previously referred the Motion to Judge Maynard for a report
and recommendation, consistent with 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), Rule 72 of the Federal Rules of Civil
Procedure, and Rule 1(d) of the Local Magistrate Judge Rules. [ECF No. 32]. Plaintiff and Defendants
have each filed Notices of No Objection to the R&R (“Notices”). 	[ECF Nos. 49, 50]. 	Upon due
consideration of the R&R, Plaintiff’s Motion, the parties’ papers (including the parties’ Notices), it is
hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows:
1. 	The Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation [ECF No. 48] is APPROVED
and ADOPTED and made a part of this Order for all purposes.
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2. 	Plaintiff’s Motion To Remand [ECF No. 14] is GRANTED IN PART and
DENIED IN PART.
a. 	THIS CASE is REMANDED to the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth
Judicial Circuit in and for Martin County, Florida.
b. 	Plaintiff’s motion for an award of Section 1447(c) attorney’s fees is DENIED.
3. 	All pending motions are DENIED AS MOOT, and all deadlines are
TERMINATED.
4. 	This case is CLOSED.
DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida on October 7, 2026.
cc: 	counsel of record
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