A Pennsylvania federal judge has dismissed a legal malpractice suit against Cozen O’Connor for a third time, rejecting the plaintiffs’ attempt to add two new parties to cure the legal standing issues addressed in an underlying dismissal.

This time examining Cozen O’Connor’s motion to dismiss as a merits-related standing issue, U.S. District Judge Nitza Quiñones Alejandro of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania determined Nov. 14 that the plaintiffs’ amended complaint failed to establish diversity jurisdiction as the additional parties were “created as Connecticut entities to take the place of their purported predecessors in interest—Vacation FL and Short Ride FL,” according to the opinion.