Judge: Amount In Controversy In Bad Faith Suit Doesn’t Meet Removal Requirement

(November 23, 2016, 11:26 AM EST) -- PHOENIX — Remand of an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit to state court is proper because an insurer failed to show that the amount in controversy in the action exceeds statutory requirements for removal, a federal judge in Arizona ruled Nov. 16 (Ray Romero, et al. v. Mendota Insurance Co., et al., No. 16-3149, D. Ariz.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 158651)....