LADY v. JEFFERSON PILOT LIFE INS. CO.

No. CIV.A.3:00-CV-313WS.

241 F.Supp.2d 655 (2001)

Clarence LADY Plaintiff v. JEFFERSON PILOT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; Billy Joe Ladd, et al. Defendants

United States District Court, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division.

March 28, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher E. Sanspree, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Henry T. Holifield, Ridgeland, MS, Mark I. Burton, Burton & Burton, PLLC, Kosciusko, MS, for Clarence Lady, Catherine Reed, Donnie Reed, plaintiffs.

John G. Corlew, William F. Ray, Katherine K. Smith, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, Claire W. Ketner, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, MS, Charles E. Griffin, Griffin & Associates, Jackson, MS, for Jefferson Pilot Insurance Co., Billy Joe Ladd, defendants.


ORDER DENYING REMAND

WINGATE, District Judge.

Before the court is the motion of the plaintiff to remand this case to the Circuit Court for the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi. The defendants removed this case to this federal court under Title 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a),1 claiming that the defendant Billy Joe Ladd had been joined fraudulently as a party in this cause in order to defeat federal diversity...

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