Aarstad v. BNSF Railway Company

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MONTANA GREAT FALLS DIVISION KOREY L. AARSTAD, et al., CV-17-72-GF-BMM-JTJ Plaintiffs, vs. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY, et al., RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Korey L. Aarstad, along with 191 other named plaintiffs (collectively “Plaintiffs”), sought an order remanding this case to Montana state court on the basis that the case had been improperly removed from Montana state court based on the local controversy exception to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(4)(A). (Doc. 13.)…