Legal Opinion
Bullock v. United Ben. Life Ins. Co.
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 21, 2001No. CIV. A. 01-D-683-SPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
DE MENT, District Judge.
Before the court is Defendant’s Motion To Compel Arbitration, filed August 3, 2001. Plaintiff opposes the Motion. For the following reasons, the court finds that Defendant’s Motion is due to be granted.
I. BACKGROUND
On April 6, 2001, Plaintiff filed a complaint against United Benefit Life Insurance Company (“UBL” or “Defendant”) and James Rhodes (“Rhodes”) in the Circuit Court of Dale County, Ala. UBL removed the case to this court based on diversity jurisdiction, asserting that Rhodes, the only non-diverse Defendant, was fraudulently joined.…
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