Legal Opinion

Sansone v. Morton MacHine Works, Inc.

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided March 13, 2002No. C.A. 01-436TPublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TORRES, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, Joseph Sansone, has moved to remand this case to the Rhode Island Superior Court and to strike defendant Morton Machine Works’ (“Morton”) notice of joinder in the removal petition filed by defendant Frank G.W. McKittrick Company (“McKittrick”). Because the Court finds that Morton did not join in the removal petition within the 30 day time limit prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b), the plaintiffs motion to remand and to strike Morton’s joinder are granted.

Background

On July, 18, 2001, Sansone filed a products liability action against Morton…

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