11th Circuit Allows Insurer, Contractor To Amend Pleadings In Coverage Dispute

(June 14, 2024, 10:23 AM EDT) -- ATLANTA — The 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a construction firm and its insurer permission to amend pleadings to adequately establish the citizenship of the parties for the purposes of diversity jurisdiction, allowing to proceed the construction firm’s appeal of an Alabama federal judge’s finding that the insurer had no duty to defend the firm from allegations that it caused structural damage to a couple’s home....