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"                      <p class=\"imgtitle\">Cole</p>           A class action filed earlier this year against Esurance Services Inc. has left Madison County for federal court.<br /><br />The case filed by plaintiff Lukus Keeling was removed Oct. 22 to U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.<br /><br />Keeling filed suit asking to lead a class of people who purchased under-insured automobile insurance policies from the company.<br /><br />Keeling claims the coverage provided by the polices did not meet the minimum limits set down under Illinois law and that the coverage was no good as a result.<br /><br />Keeling's proposed class action includes claims under the state's consumer fraud laws, misrepresentation and fraud.<br /><br />Esurance asked to remove the case to federal court under the 2005 Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA). <br /><br />The company claims there is a diversity of citizenship issue, the amount in controversy exceeds $5 million and that the class would include more than 100 people.<br /><br />According to the removal filing, the class could include more than 52,000 insurance purchasers.<br /><br />E. Ryan Bradley and James Rosemergy represent Keeling.<br /><br />Clark Cole and Lisa Wood represent Esurance.<br /><br />The case had been assigned to Madison County Circuit Judge David Hylla.<br /><br /><i>The case is Madison case number 10-L-936.</i><br />"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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