Federal Judge Remands Dispute Over Louisiana Insureds’ Flood Damage

Mealey's (August 8, 2018, 10:30 AM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana federal judge on July 13 granted insureds’ motion to remand their lawsuit arising from flood damage to Louisiana court, noting that he has the discretion to remand supplemental state law allegations when the claims that provided the basis for original jurisdiction have been dismissed (James E. Miller, et al. v. American Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc., et al., No. 16-00800, M.D. La., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 117295)....