Federal Magistrate Orders Insured To Show Cause Why Sanctions Should Not Be Imposed

Mealey's (June 1, 2018, 6:17 PM EDT) -- BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana federal magistrate judge on May 30 ordered an insured’s counsel to personally appear before her and show cause why sanctions should not be imposed for their failure to comply with a May 8 order asking the insured to file a stipulation of dismissal of her breach of contract suit or a motion to substitute the complaint with a proposed comprehensive amended complaint that adequately identifies and alleges the citizenship of the appropriate defendants and establishes amount in controversy (Tosha Washington v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London, No. 17-1524, M.D. La.)....