Legal Opinion
Locke v. Ethicon Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided November 10, 2014No. Civil Action No. 4:14-CV-2648PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
KENNETH M. HOYT, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
This negligence and products liability action, originally filed in Texas state court, comes before the Court after being removed by the defendants, Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon, Inc. The defendants now challenge the exercise of personal jurisdiction over them in connection with claims brought by 76 out-of-state plaintiffs joined in this matter (Docket Entry No. 3). The plaintiffs, on the other hand, move to remand the case to state court (Docket Entry No. 11). The parties timely filed their respective responses to…
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