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Nature of Suit Code: 368
Nature of Suit: Asbestos Personal Injury - Prod.liab.
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAMELA M. CARDINALE, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

GEORGIA PACIFIC CORPORATION, et 

al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-03385-VC 

AMENDED ORDER GRANTING 

MOTION TO REMAND

Re: Dkt. No. 26

The Cardinales' motion to remand is granted. Basco Drywall, a California corporation, is a 

non-diverse defendant in the state court action, and therefore removal was improper and this Court 

does not have subject matter jurisdiction. 

The defendants' sole argument for removal is that on July 21, 2015, while appearing before 

Judge Seligman in Alameda County Superior Court, the Cardinales abandoned any claims against 

Basco Drywall – thus creating complete diversity – when their counsel confirmed with Judge 

Seligman and with defense counsel that the Cardinales were proceeding to trial against only three 

of the named defendants (which did not include Basco Drywall). But there is no indication that 

the Cardinales intended to dismiss their claims against Basco Drywall, and it is far from clear how 

counsel's confirmation that there were only three trial defendants affected the status of Basco 

Drywall as a party defendant. Cf. Palmer v. Pneumo Abex, LLC, No., 2010 WL 1029480, (N.D. 

Cal. Mar. 18, 2010). The absolute best that can be said of the defendants' argument is that it there 

is some doubt about the status of Basco Drywall in the state court action. But "[w]here doubt 

regarding the right to removal exists, a case should be remanded to state court." Matheson v. 

Progressive Specialty Ins. Co., 319 F.3d 1089, 1090 (9th Cir. 2003). 

The case is remanded to the Alameda County Superior Court. 

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 17, 2015

______________________________________

 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

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