Bad Faith Suit Over Property Insurance Claim Remanded To State Court

Mealey's (October 19, 2017, 10:14 AM EDT) -- OXFORD, Miss. — Remand of an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit to state court is proper because an insured has shown that the amount in controversy in the action will not exceed statutory limits, a federal judge in Mississippi ruled Oct. 17 in granting the insured’s motion to remand (Strawberry Missionary Baptist Church v. Church Mutual Insurance Company Foundation Inc., No. 17-155, N.D. Miss., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171545)....