Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Suit Against Long-Term Care Insurer Remanded

(February 4, 2020, 8:33 AM EST) -- SEATTLE — A breach of contract and bad faith suit filed against a long-term care insurer must be remanded to Washington state court because the insurer failed to meet its burden of proving that the amount in controversy exceeds the federal jurisdictional minimum requirement of $75,000, a Washington federal judge said Jan. 28 (Ken Kido, et al. v. Transamerica Life Insurance Co., No. 19-1858, W.D. Wash., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14168)....