Judge Remands Insurance Bad Faith Suit To Oklahoma State Court

Mealey's (September 27, 2017, 1:28 PM EDT) -- TULSA, Okla. — Although an insurer’s removal of an insurance bad faith lawsuit was not untimely, it failed to show that the amount in controversy exceeded the jurisdictional amount, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Sept. 25 in remanding the action to state court (Rafel G. McDougal v. GEICO Casualty Insurance Co., No. 17-449, N.D. Okla., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156299)....