(January 11, 2018, 10:17 AM EST) -- BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An Alabama federal judge on Dec. 21 denied a disability claimant’s motion to remand a suit seeking long-term disability benefits after determining that the disability insurer met its burden of proving that its insurance agents were fraudulently joined to defeat federal diversity jurisdiction (Glen L. Brawley, DMD v. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. et al., No. 17-1513, N.D. Ala., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 210031)....