9th Circuit Finds CAFA Jurisdiction Error Corrected Once Federal Claim Was Added

Mealey's (June 6, 2019, 10:23 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A trial court’s subject matter jurisdiction error when it improperly denied remand under a Class Action Fairness Act exception was corrected once the plaintiff voluntarily amended his suit and added a federal claim, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled May 30 (Harvinder Singh v. American Honda Finance Corporation, No. 17-35964, Harvinder Singh v. Soraya Motor Co., et al., No. 17-35967, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 16062)....