Judge: Bad Faith Suit Over Auto Insurance Coverage Properly Removed

Mealey's (August 29, 2019, 1:47 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge in Virginia on Aug. 26 ruled that remand of an insurance breach of contract and bad faith lawsuit to state court is not warranted because an insurer properly removed the action to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction (Kenneth L. Rockwell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., No. 19-237, E.D. Va., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 145204)....