Mealey's (December 20, 2018, 12:37 PM EST) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge in Florida on Dec. 11 ruled that remand of an insurance bad faith lawsuit to state court is unwarranted because the amount in controversy exceeds the statutory limits, thus providing the court with original jurisdiction (Esther Nicophene v. Hartford Insurance Co. of the Southeast, No. 18-2565, M.D. Fla., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 208894)....