Ramos v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand, ECF No. 18—Granted

Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., United States District Judge

I. Introduction

Defendants removed this case from the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The two named individual defendants are not diverse from most of the Plaintiffs, but Defendants contend that they were fraudulently joined solely to defeat diversity jurisdiction. Defendants also contend that federal question jurisdiction is available because at least one of the Plaintiffs’ state law claims raises a federal issue sufficient for this case to be deemed…