Jurisdiction • Diversity of Citizenship • Fraudulent Joinder • Remand
Chaborek v. Allstate Financial Services, LLC, et al, PICS Case No. 17-0945 (E.D. Pa. June 5, 2017) McHugh, J. (9 pages).
Plaintiff sufficiently plead at least two potentially successful claims against defendants for fraud and negligent misrepresentation; therefore, defendants failed to satisfy their heavy burden of persuading the court that plaintiff fraudulently joined them as part of his lawsuit to defeat diversity jurisdiction. The court granted plaintiff’s motion to remand.
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