Class Action Concerning Insurer's 'Mistakenly' Made Claims Payment Remanded

PENSACOLA, Fla. - A federal court recently granted a plaintiffs' motion to remand a class action concerning allegations of theft of exploitation, defamation and tortious interference with contract after the insurer defendant demanded reimbursement of a "mistakenly" made claims payment. Lakeside Village Condominium Association, Inc., et al. v. Allstate Insurance Co., Patricia Venezia, and Defendants X, Y and Z, No. 3:03-cv-162/LAC (N.D. Fla.).

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida remanded the case to Okaloosa County Circuit Court after it found the joinder of the non-diverse defendant, proper. The defendant had been accused of tortious interference.

The …