Greenawalt v. Philip Rosenau Co., Inc.

OPINION

ANITA B. BRODY, District Judge.

Plaintiff Clark Greenawalt seeks to remand this personal injury case back to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. I find that jurisdictional and procedural defects require remand under 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c).

Mr. Greenawalt originally filed the case in the Common Pleas court in April 2006 against many defendants, alleging that they are “jointly and/or severally liable” under state law for the leukemia he developed after workplace exposure to toxic solvents and chemicals. The defendants include manufacturers, producers, and sellers of the chemicals,…