Bailey v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ACKER, District Judge.

On June 19, 1996, defendant, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (“Wal-Mart”) removed the above-captioned case to this court from the Circuit Court of Calhoun County, Alabama, alleging the diversity of citizenship described in 28 U.S.C. § 1332 as the basis for removal jurisdiction. Plaintiff, Mary Bailey (“Bailey”), an Aabama resident, had sued in the state court, seeking $500,000 in damages for alleged personal injuries she sustained in a fall on the premises of Wal-Mart, which is a corporation that at all pertinent times resided in a state or states other than…