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**Court Sends Insurance Company Discrimination Case Back to State Court** A worker filed a discrimination lawsuit against HDI-Gerling America Insurance Company in Washington state court. The insurance company tried to move the case from state court to federal court, but they waited too long to make this request. The court ruled that the company missed the legal deadline for transferring the case to federal court. As a result, the judge ordered that the discrimination lawsuit must go back to Pierce County Superior Court, where it was originally filed. The case will now continue in state court rather than federal court. This decision matters for workers because it shows that employers cannot delay court proceedings by improperly trying to change which court handles their case. When companies miss important deadlines for moving cases between courts, judges will send the case back where it belongs. This helps ensure that workers' discrimination claims move forward without unnecessary delays caused by employers' procedural mistakes. The ruling keeps the worker's discrimination case on track in the court system where it was meant to be heard, allowing the actual merits of the discrimination claims to be addressed.