Judge Says Insureds’ Breach Of Contract, Bad Faith Suit Must Be Remanded

Mealey's (April 28, 2023, 4:29 PM EDT) -- MEDFORD, Ore. — An Oregon federal judge declined to adopt a magistrate judge’s recommendation that a motion to remand should be denied after determining that the federal jurisdictional minimum amount-in-controversy requirement has not been met because the insureds, whose breach of contract and bad faith claims sound in contract, are not permitted to bring a negligence per se claim against their insurer despite a ruling to the contrary recently issued by the Oregon Court of Appeals....