Thrapp v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SANDERS, Chief Judge.

Before the Court is Plaintiffs Kenneth Thrapp and Linda Thrapp's Emergency Motion to Remand, filed July 11, 1991. The Court held a conference on this motion on July 11, 1991.

This is an asbestos case originally brought in Texas state court. Defendant National Gypsum Company is the only non-diverse party in the case. Because of Plaintiff Kenneth Thrapp’s extremely poor and rapidly deteriorating health, the state court judge, the Honorable John McClellan Marshall, expedited the trial of the case, so it is less than one year old. Because it is less…