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MURRIEL-DON COAL CO., INC. v. ASPEN INS. UK LTD.

Civil No. 11-23-ART.

790 F.Supp.2d 590 (2011)

MURRIEL-DON COAL COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff, v. ASPEN INSURANCE UK LIMITED, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Kentucky, Southern Division. Pikeville.

May 20, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary C. Johnson, Rhonda Jennings Blackburn, Gary C. Johnson, P.S.C., Pikeville, KY, Henry G. Jones, Kenneth R. Friedman, Friedman Rubin, Bremerton, WA, Jerry W. Wicker, Jerry Wicker Law Office, Hindman, KY, for Plaintiff.

Linsey W. West, Kara MacCartie Stewart, Mindy G. Barfield, Dinsmore & Shohl, David Phillip Kaiser, George B. Hocker, Ward, Hocker & Thornton, Lexington, KY, Michael J. Schmitt, Porter, Schmitt, Banks & Baldwin, Paintsville, KY, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AMUL R. THAPAR, District Judge.

When a fisherman wants his boat to stay put in a harbor, he ties it to a dock. When a plaintiff wants his case to stay put in state court, he ties it to a non-diverse defendant. But that might not always be enough to keep the case moored where the plaintiff wants it. Under the doctrine of "fraudulent joinder," federal courts may sever the non-diverse defendant from the case if the claim...

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