Insurer in Legal Mal Bad-Faith Case Wants Federal Venue
An insurance company sued for denying coverage to a law firm hit with a legal malpractice lawsuit is attempting to have the bad-faith litigation moved from the Blair County Court of Common Pleas to federal court.
December 17, 2015 at 08:50 AM
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An insurance company sued for denying coverage to a law firm hit with a legal malpractice lawsuit is attempting to have the bad-faith litigation moved from the Blair County Court of Common Pleas to federal court.
Defendant Westport Insurance filed a notice of removal to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, based on diversity of jurisdiction. Westport is a Missouri-based company and the plaintiff, the law firm of Hippo, Fleming & Pertile, is based in Altoona.
Additionally, the defendants alleged Gregory G. Morris and Morris Management, the plaintiffs in the underlying legal malpractice suit, were fraudulently joined as defendants in the bad-faith case by the law firm to thwart the federal court's jurisdiction.
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