AUCRA Asks Conn. Federal Judge to Reconsider Refusal to Transfer Workers’ Comp Dispute to Neb.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Applied Underwriters Captive Risk Assurance Company Inc. (AUCRA) has asked a Connecticut federal judge to reconsider his refusal to transfer a dispute arising from a series of workers’ compensation insurance and reinsurance contracts to Nebraska

In a Sept. 19 motion filed before Judge Stephan Underhill of the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, AUCRA argues that under 28 U.S.C. Section 1404(a), when a defendant asks a court to change a plaintiff’s chosen federal forum to another federal district in another state, the defendant does not have to establish minimum contacts and personal jurisdiction over the …