Roof Damage Suit Remanded To State Court For Lack Of Diversity Jurisdiction

(January 9, 2023, 10:14 AM EST) -- OKLAHOMA CITY — An insured’s breach of contract and bad faith suit against a homeowners insurer that denied coverage for the insured’s roof damage must be remanded to Oklahoma state court because the insured alleged viable claims for constructive fraud and negligent misrepresentation against the insurer’s agent, an Oklahoma federal judge said in determining that the agent was not fraudulently joined to defeat federal diversity jurisdiction....