Motion To Remand Denied; Agent Fraudulently Joined To Defeat Jurisdiction

(May 9, 2018, 8:15 AM EDT) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — A federal circuit judge, sitting by designation in the District of New Mexico, on May 7 denied an insured’s motion to remand a suit alleging that an insurer and its agent acted in bad faith after determining that the insurer’s agent was fraudulently joined to defeat diversity jurisdiction (Erin Foy v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., et al., No. 17-992, D. N.M., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76949)....

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