Legal Opinion

Life of the South Insurance Company v. Marquetta Carzell

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided March 29, 2017No. 16-90006 Non-Argument CalendarPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Life of the South Insurance Company and Insurance Company of the South (“insurance companies”) seek permission to appeal the district court’s order remanding the plaintiffs’ class action lawsuit to state court. After thorough review, we conclude that there is no federal jurisdiction over this action and, therefore, deny their petition to appeal.

On June 4, 2015, plaintiffs Marquetta Carzell, Luella Carter, and Gladys Chege commenced this class action in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, alleging a variety of state law violations including breach of…

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