Legal Opinion
McDonald v. Equitable Life Insurance Co. of Iowa
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 30, 1998No. Civ.A. 98-T-560-NPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Carolyn McDonald filed this lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, Alabama. She is charging defendants Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa and Rod E. Freeman with state-law claims for fraud and negligence, arising out of the sale of an insurance policy. The defendants removed this lawsuit from state court to this federal court based on diversity-of-citizenship jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 1332, 1441. The lawsuit is now before the court on McDonald’s motion to remand. McDonald contends that “complete diversity” is not present…
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