MERCADO v. ALLSTATE INS. CO.

No. 02-55997.

340 F.3d 824 (2003)

Emma Mercado, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Allstate Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 18, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Rogari, Rehm & Rogari, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellant.

Michael M. Pollak, Daniel P. Barer, Lawrence J. Sher, Pollak, Vida & Fisher, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellee.

Before David R. Thompson, Stephen S. Trott, and Richard C. Tallman, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

Emma Mercado appeals the district court's denial of her motion to remand this insurance bad faith action to state court and the district court's summary judgment in favor of Allstate Insurance Company. Mercado argues the district court erred in concluding that (1) Silvia Luevano was a sham defendant included in the action to defeat federal jurisdiction; (2) Mercado's bad faith claim...

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