Legal Opinion
Lailhengue v. Mobil Oil Corp.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 18, 1991No. Civ. A. 90-4425, 91-1143 and 91-1837PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
In this mass tort action, three groups of plaintiffs filed class action suits in state court against Mobil Oil Corporation, R. V. Pisarczyk, and Lawrence Hess, alleging compensatory and exemplary damages arising from an explosion at Mobil’s refinery in New Orleans, Louisiana. In each case, Mobil timely filed a notice of removal under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) 1 , asserting that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a) 2 based on diversity jurisdiction. Specifically, Mobil asserted that there is diversity of citizenship between the…
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