Magistrate Judge: Insurer’s Amended Complaint Cured Jurisdictional Error

(December 17, 2015, 10:37 AM EST) -- ST. LOUIS — A federal magistrate judge in Missouri on Nov. 19 refused to dismiss an insurance company’s lawsuit against defendants accused of concealing facts about a fire loss that is the subject of a claim submitted under their homeowners policy, finding that the insurer’s amended complaint, which included its principal place of business, remedied any jurisdictional issues (American Family Mutual Insurance Company v. Marshall Miller, et al., No. 15 CV 1127 DDN, E.D. Mo.; 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156268)....