Kidder v. Hanes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK JEFFREY D. KIDDER, Plaintiff, v. DECISION AND ORDER 21-CV-1109S DENNIS F. HANES and DONNA M. HANES, Defendants. I. Introduction In this removed diversity action, Plaintiff Jeffrey Kidder (a Colorado resident) sues the Hanes (currently residents of Iowa) (see Docket No. 1, Notice of Removal ¶¶ 4-5, 7- 8) for torts that occurred to Kidder in New York and Pennsylvania (Docket No. 1, Notice of Removal, Ex. A, State Compl. at 1, or “Compl.”). Kidder seeks damages for suffering sexual abuse at the hands of Defendant Dennis Hanes (“Dennis”)…