Citrano v. John Crane-Houdaille, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

WILLIAM D. QUARLES, JR., District Judge.

Dennis C. Citrano, now deceased,1 sued General Electric Company (“GE”) and others 2 for strict liability and other state law *462tort claims. ECF No. 2. GE removed to this Court. ECF No. 1. Pending is the plaintiffs’ motion to remand or to sever and remand the claims of the non-removing defendants. ECF No. 78. No hearing is necessary. Local Rule 105.6 (D.Md. 2011). For the following reasons, the motion will be denied.

I. Background3

On March 17, 2011 and September 11, 2012,4 the plaintiffs sued GE and the non-removing defendants in the…