MOORE et al v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al
Filing
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MEMORANDUM AND ORDER THAT PLAINTIFFS' MOTION TO REMAND IS DENIED. IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT DEFENDANTS COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION, WILLIAM C. WELDON, AND ROSEMARY CRANE ARE FRAUDULENTLY JOINED, THOSE PARTIES ARE DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE. SIGNED BY HONORABLE MARY A. MCLAUGHLIN ON 11/1/12. 11/1/12 ENTERED & E-MAILED. COPIES MAILED TO UNREP.[fdc]
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
DANIEL MOORE, et al.
v.
JOHNSON & JOHNSON, et al.
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CIVIL ACTION
NO. 12-490
ORDER
AND NOW, this 1st day of November, 2012, upon
consideration of the plaintiffs’ motion to remand (Docket No.
19), and the briefs in opposition to and support of that motion,
and following oral argument held on April 5, 2012, IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED, for the reasons stated in a memorandum of today’s date,
that the plaintiffs’ motion is DENIED.
In view of the fact that
defendants Costco Wholesale Corporation, William C. Weldon, and
Rosemary Crane are fraudulently joined, those parties are
DISMISSED with prejudice.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Mary A. McLaughlin
MARY A. McLAUGHLIN, J.
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