Consultant Was Not Fraudulently Joined To Defeat Jurisdiction In Water Damage Suit

(February 4, 2020, 12:50 PM EST) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge on Jan. 27 remanded a suit filed by insured homeowners seeking coverage for water damages after determining that complete diversity jurisdiction does not exist because the insureds did not fraudulently join a consultant hired by the insurer as a defendant to defeat diversity jurisdiction (Ramin Javaherian, et al. v. AMCO Insurance Co., et al., No. 19-10317, C.D. Calif., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14793)....

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