MEMORANDUM OPINION
STAMP, District Judge.
I. Background
Plaintiff Jean and Joseph Smerdell filed this action in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, West Virginia on May 7, 1991. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1446, defendant Consolidation Coal Company ("Consolidation") removed this action to the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and filed its answer to plaintiffs' complaint on June 6, 1991.
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