Court Rejects Insurance Broker’s Affidavit, Remands Superstorm Sandy Lawsuit

NEW YORK — A federal judge has adopted a magistrate judge’s recommendation to remand a Superstorm Sandy insurance coverage case to state court after the plaintiff joined a broker who allegedly told her prior to purchasing a homeowners policy on her residence that it included coverage for flood damage.

In the Aug. 25 order, Judge Carol Bagley Amon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York rejected defendant Allstate Insurance Group’s opposition to the magistrate’s report and recommendation in which the insurer claimed that the broker played no role in the plaintiff’s procurement of the …