Legal Opinion

Jackson ex rel. Flynn v. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

District Court, M.D. Tennessee

Decided October 29, 2014No. Case No. 3:14-cv-01677PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

ALETA A. TRAUGER, District Judge.

On July 11, 2014, the plaintiff filed a Complaint against defendants Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (“Cooper Tire”), Carlton Flynn, and Ford Motor Company (“Ford”). Notwithstanding the lack of diversity of citizenship between the plaintiff and defendant Flynn, Cooper Tire and Ford removed the case to this court on August 15, 2014, contending that the plaintiff fraudulently joined Carlton Flynn as a defendant.1 (Docket No. 1.) The plaintiff has filed a Motion to Remand (Docket No. 15), to which Cooper Tire filed a Response in opposition (Docket No. 18),…

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