Valenti v. Allstate Insurance Co.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MANNION, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case was initiated by a complaint filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County on May 25, 1999. The defendant filed a petition for removal of the action from state court to federal court based upon diversity of citizenship. (Doc. No. 1) After an agreed to dismissal of certain counts, the defendant filed an answer on September 17, 1999. (Doc. No. 11) The matter, by consent of the parties, was assigned to United States Magistrate Judge Raymond J. Durkin on September 21,1999. (Doc. No. 12)

This action arose out of a fire…