Breach Of Contract Suit Against Auto Insurer Must Be Refiled In State Court

Mealey's (October 22, 2021, 1:03 PM EDT) -- PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania federal judge on Oct. 19 remanded an insured’s breach of contract suit against an auto insurer after determining that the amount in controversy does not exceed the federal jurisdictional minimum of $75,000 because the insured failed to prove that she sustained tort damages in excess of $150,000, as the insured maintained in response to the court’s order to show cause in the amount in controversy....