Legal Opinion
Grout, Inc. v. First Financial Insurance Co.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided June 26, 2023No. 2:23-cv-00055Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, NORTHERN DIVISION GROUT, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. ) 2:23cv55-MHT FIRST FINANCIAL INSURANCE ) (WO) CO. and G’NALD MALIK ) SHARPE, ) ) Defendants. ) OPINION AND ORDER In response to a lawsuit brought by plaintiff Grout, Inc., against defendants First Financial Insurance Company (FFIC) and G’Nald Malik Sharpe in state court, FFIC removed the case to federal court based on diversity-of-citizenship jurisdiction. See
28 U.S.C. § 1332
(diversity jurisdiction); see also
id.
§ 1441 (removal jurisdiction).…
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