Melissa Avery Dumas v. ACCC Insurance Company

Melissa Dumas and Camille Dumas Watson appeal the judgment in favor of American Century Casualty Company and against the Dumases’ complaint of bad faith. The Dumases challenge the decisions of the district court to deny their motion to remand and to dismiss Mark McMasters as a party fraudulently joined to defeat diversity jurisdiction. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Tammy Carter drove her car off a road in Decatur, Georgia, and struck and killed John Dumas. Carter later pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol and homicide by vehicle. At the time of the accident, Carter was insured by…