Mcgovern v. Martz

WEINMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiff’s motion to remand. Plaintiff, the Leonard’s Company, sued thirteen insurance companies in the Common Pleas Court of Montgomery County on contracts of business interruption insurance. Eleven of these insurance companies, all of which are foreign corporations, filed a petition for removal to this Court under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(c).1 The remaining two defendants, both of which are domestic corporations, did not join in the petition for removal. Plaintiff now seeks to have the case remanded to state court.

As a general rule, all…