Kiesgen v. St. Clair Marine Salvage, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO STRIKE THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT AND REMAND TO STATE COURT, DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT AS MOOT, AND REMANDING CASE TO STATE COURT

DAVID M. LAWSON, District Judge.

This case involves a dispute over the price charged by defendant St. Clair Marine Salvage, Inc. for services rendered in freeing a vessel that plaintiff Gregory L. Kiesgen ran aground in the shallow waters of Lake St. Clair. After the boat was freed, the plaintiff successfully piloted it to a marina, where he put it on a trailer and transported it to his home, but he…