Judge Tosses Commutation Action, Citing Lack of Jurisdiction

TRENTON, N.J. - A New Jersey federal judge has dismissed a commutation dispute between The Robert Plan Corp. and AIG, ruling that the action, which had already been dismissed at the state court level, cannot be renewed in federal court. The Robert Plan Corp., et al., v. American International Group Inc., et al., No. 09-200 (D. N.J.).

On Aug. 10, Chief Judge Garrett E. Brown Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey ruled that due to the prior dismissal, there is a lack of a case or controversy.

In 1999, AIG entered into a series …