Legal Opinion
Gorman v. Abbott Laboratories
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided March 17, 1986No. Civ. A. 86-0035-SPublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SELYA, District Judge.
Rights of removal of various types have often been freighted with controversy. 1 This case falls in that mode and presents a question as to the propriety vel non of the transfer of this action from the Rhode Island Superior Court to this tribunal under the aegis of 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b). The tale follows.
I. TRAVEL
This case was commenced on May 24, 1985 in the state superior court. The plaintiff, Nancy Gorman, a citizen and resident of Rhode Island, complained of a single party defendant, Abbott Laboratories (Abbott). The gravamen of Gorman’s action, then…
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