Legal Opinion

Jennifer Gasch and Tammy Gasch, as Next Friend to Z.G., a Minor v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company and Karen Frazier

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 28, 2007No. 06-20498PublishedCited by 574 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Jennifer Gasch and Tammy Gasch, as next friend to Z.G., a minor, (together, “the Gasches”) brought an action (the “Gasch claim”) against Defendants-Appellees Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (“Hartford”) and its adjuster Karen Frazier, like the Gasches, a citizen of Texas, alleging that Hartford improperly denied the Gasch claim for workers’ compensation survivor death benefits, in violation of Texas law. Hartford removed the action to the district court based on diversity jurisdiction, asserting that the sole non-diverse defendant, Frazier, had…

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