Legal Opinion
McCaulley v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided November 15, 2001No. 2:01CV00080PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JONES, District Judge.
The plaintiffs seek to add a new party defendant to this case, which if permitted would destroy diversity jurisdiction and require a remand to state court. Under the circumstances, I will exercise my discretion to deny the motion to add the nondiverse party and thus I will not remand the case.
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In this action, removed from state court, the plaintiffs complain that they have been the victims of the “promotion and marketing” of the prescription drug OxyContin® Tablets (“OxyContin”). 1 The five plaintiffs assert eleven separate civil counts against six…
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