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The issue of whether an insurance bad faith claim, joined by amendment to an underlying insurance coverage action, may be removed more than a year after the original action was begun has divided judges in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. A new opinion highlights the split. Perhaps the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit now will weigh in.
