November 09, 2020
A Texas federal judge on Monday sent a dentist's COVID-19 coverage suit back to state court in a final ruling and closed the case despite protests by Allstate Insurance Co., saying a magistrate judge's earlier recommendation held up after a period of court review.
October 22, 2020
Allstate Insurance Co. fired back at a Texas magistrate judge's recommendation to send a dentist's COVID-19 coverage suit back to state court, saying it was wrong for the policyholder to add the claim adjuster to the suit to defeat federal jurisdiction.
October 08, 2020
A Texas federal magistrate judge said a dentist's COVID-19 coverage suit against Allstate Insurance Co. should be remanded back to state court, saying that the insurer failed to show that a claims adjuster was wrongly joined, defeating the suit's diversity of jurisdiction required in federal court.