Legal Opinion

Bryan v. Wyeth

District Court, E.D. Arkansas

Decided February 28, 2006No. Nos. MDL 403CV1507WRW, MDL 405CV01710PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

WILSON, District Judge.

Pending is Plaintiffs Motion to Remand (Doc. No. 12). Defendants have responded (Doc. No. 18). Oral argument was heard at the status conference on January 27, 2006.

I. BACKGROUND

Originally filed in Missouri state court, this case includes multiple plaintiffs from numerous states and multiple defendants. Defendants removed the case to federal court, claiming fraudulent misjoinder. Plaintiffs seek to remand to Missouri state court for lack of diversity jurisdiction.

This case originally involved 41 plaintiffs and 22 defendants. Although Plaintiffs are citizens of 14…

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