Cases

The Ye Darm Presbyterian Church v. Mount Vernon Insurance Co.

Court

SD Tx

Publish Date

02/23/2026
A court of the Southern District of Texas denied an insured’s motion to remand for lack of diversity jurisdiction, holding non-diverse adjuster defendants were improperly joined because a recording of the at-issue conversation between the adjuster and the insured rendered any claim against the adjuster defendants for misrepresentation implausible.
commercial property policy, property claim, 2025 freeze event, diversity jurisdiction, removal, motion to remand, improper joinder, recorded conversation