Smotherman v. Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc.

MEMORANDUM

COBB, District Judge.

■ This is a personal injury suit wherein Plaintiff Robert Smotherman alleges that he was assaulted and injured by a Nigerian villager while working on a production platform offshore Lagos, Nigeria. Plaintiff moves to remand the case to state court. He contends that — contrary to Defendants’ assertion — he did not fraudulently join the only Texas resident defendant, and, therefore, the Court should remand the case. The Court concludes that Plaintiff did fraudulently join Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc., and thus, has failed to state a cause of action…