Jenkins v. Farmington Casualty Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

TOM S. LEE, Chief Judge.

This cause is before the court on the motion of plaintiff Joe Jenkins to remand the case to the Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi, from which it was timely removed by defendants Farmington Casualty Company (Farmington) and Aetna Casualty and Surety Company (Aetna) on the ground that plaintiff, a Mississippi resident, has fraudulently joined as a defendant a Mississippi company, Porter’s Insurance Agency, Inc. (Porter’s), in order to defeat diversity jurisdiction. Defendants have all responded in opposition to plaintiffs motion and…