Judge: Insurer Fails To Show Insurance Agency, Employee Were Fraudulently Joined

Mealey's (August 6, 2018, 3:52 PM EDT) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia federal judge on Aug. 1 granted the motion of church insureds to remand their lawsuit to state court, rejecting the insurer’s argument that an insurance agency and its employee were fraudulently joined (Bible Baptist Church, et al. v. Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-04613, S.D. W.Va., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128696)....