Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Cort Furniture Rental Corp.
District Court, W.D. Tennessee
Decided June 15, 1992No. 92-2163-TUAPublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REMAND
TURNER, District Judge.
Plaintiff Kevin Gale Thompson (“Thompson”), a citizen of Tennessee, filed this wrongful discharge action in the Circuit Court of Tennessee against Cort Furniture Rental Corp. (“Cort”), a New York corporation with its principal place of business in Virginia. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s Motion to Remand. Plaintiff contends that under 28 U.S.C. § 1445(e) this action was improvidently removed by defendant inasmuch as it arises under Tennessee’s worker’s compensation laws. On the other hand, defendant argues that plaintiff’s…
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