Class’s Claims Of Unlawful Life Insurance Cost Increases Sent Back To State Court

Mealey's (June 27, 2019, 8:18 AM EDT) -- AUGUSTA, Ga. — A life insurance company facing a putative class complaint over its cost increases failed to show that the amount in controversy is satisfied for diversity or Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) jurisdiction, a federal judge in Georgia ruled June 20, granting a motion to remand filed by the lead named plaintiff (Vanessa Anderson, et al. v. Wilco Life Insurance Company, No. 19-8, S.D. Ga., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 103426)....