Judge Remands Bad Faith, Negligent Misrepresentation Case To State Court

( December 19, 2025, 7:45 AM EST) -- KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge in Kansas remanded to state court a construction company owner’s complaint against his commercial liability insurer for alleged bad faith for not defending him in an underlying construction defect action and negligent misrepresentation against the insurer’s employee, finding that the owner adequately stated a claim against the employee and that complete diversity didn’t exist between the parties....