Nationwide Mut. Fire Ins. Co. v. Hatton

Joseph M. Hood, Senior U.S. District Judge

Defendants Kenneth and Lora Hatton move to amend or correct their Answer and Counterclaim against Plaintiff Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company. [DE 14]. The Hattons seek to add The Roark Agency, LLC, ("Roark" or "Agency") to the action as a third-party plaintiff, claiming that Roark is an indispensable party. [See DE 14 at 1, Pg ID 105]. Contemporaneously, the Hattons move to dismiss the matter for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because adding Roark as a third-party plaintiff will destroy complete diversity of citizenship between the…