Dunn v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BIGGERS, District Judge.

This cause comes before the court on defendant Terry H. Blalock’s motion to dismiss the complaint and on the plaintiffs motion to remand and for assessment of sanctions. The court can hear this cause only if Terry Blalock, a non-diverse defendant, is dismissed from the suit. Having duly considered the parties memoranda and exhibits, the court is in a position to rule on the motion.

I. Facts

In this suit Mollie Ann Dunn seeks to recover insurance proceeds for the fire loss to a house in New Albany, Mississippi. Mollie owned the house with her husband,…