Bradley-Williams v. Agency Ins. Co. of Md., Inc.

Gerald Austin McHugh, United States District Judge

This is an action brought by a policyholder against her automobile insurance carrier and the agent who serviced the policy. She alleges that her property damage claim for the total loss of her vehicle to fire was wrongly denied, and that her agent improperly continued to collect premiums on the policy notwithstanding their knowledge of the destruction of the insured property. Defendants have removed this action to federal court, seeking dismissal of the claim against the (non-diverse) agent on the ground that the agent was fraudulently joined,…