MOORE et al v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON et al

Filing 74

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]

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DANIEL MOORE, et al. v. JOHNSON & JOHNSON, et al. : : : : : 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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