Bad Faith Dispute Over Homeowners Insurance Claim Remanded

Mealey's (April 22, 2019, 12:09 PM EDT) -- AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas on April 16 ruled that although an insurer’s removal of an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit against its homeowners insurance provider and others to Texas federal court was timely, remand of the action to the state court is necessary because the other parties to the action were not improperly joined (Carlos Riojas, et al. v. Nationwide General Insurance Co., et al., No. 18-1127, W.D. Texas, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 65090)....