Remand Of Water Damage Suit Is Appropriate, Texas Federal Judge Determines

(October 9, 2017, 11:43 AM EDT) -- HOUSTON — Remand of an insured’s suit seeking coverage and damages related to the denial of a claim for water and storm damage is appropriate because the insured’s claims against the adjusters are viable under the Texas Insurance Code, a Texas federal judge said Oct. 6 in rejecting the insurer’s argument that the adjusters were fraudulently joined as defendants to defeat diversity jurisdiction (Lillie Jean Hooper v. Allstate Texas Lloyd’s, et al., No. 17-2038, S.D. Texas, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 165953)....

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