Judge Denies Remand, Dismisses, For Now, Houston Facility Owner’s Coverage Suit

( November 6, 2026, 8:37 AM EST) -- HOUSTON — A Texas federal judge denied a motion to remand to state court and dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit filed by the owner and operator of a fitness facility in Houston alleging breach of contract, bad faith and state insurance law claims over disputed damage from a weather event, holding that the company failed to establish a binding cap on recovery below the federal jurisdictional threshold and lacked capacity to sue because its charter had been forfeited before the litigation began....