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Nature of Suit Code: 365
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury - Product Liability
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Product Liability

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE

MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA, EASTERN DIVISION

CLIFFORD BAILEY, et al., )

)

Plaintiffs, )

) CIVIL ACTION NO.

v. ) 3:06cv979-MHT

) (WO) 

MERCK & CO., INC., a )

foreign or domestic )

corporation, et al., )

)

Defendants. )

ORDER

This lawsuit, which was removed from state to federal

court based on diversity-of-citizenship jurisdiction, 28

U.S.C. §§ 1332, 1441, is now before the court on

plaintiffs’ motion to remand. The court agrees with

plaintiffs that this case should be remanded to state

court. First, there has not been fraudulent joinder of

all resident defendants (that is, plaintiffs have

colorable claims against at least one such defendant), see

Coker v. Amoco Oil Co., 709 F.2d 1433, 1440 (11th Cir.

1983); Cabalceta v. Standard Fruit Co., 883 F.2d 1553,

1561 (11th Cir. 1989). Second, there has not been

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fraudulent misjoinder of all resident defendants (that is,

plaintiffs have reasonably joined at least one such

defendant with other defendants pursuant to Rule 20 of the

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure), see Tapscott v. MS

Dealer Service Corp., 77 F.3d 1353, 1360 (11th Cir. 1996).

Accordingly, it is the ORDER, JUDGMENT, and DECREE of

the court that plaintiffs’ motion to remand (doc. no. 25)

is granted and that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c), this

cause is remanded to the Circuit Court of Randolph County,

Alabama, for want of subject-matter jurisdiction.

It is further ORDERED that the motion to stay (Doc.

No. 21) is denied.

It is further ORDERED that all other outstanding

motions are left for disposition by the state court after

remand.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to take appropriate

steps to effect the remand.

DONE, this the 13th day of December, 2006.

 /s/ Myron H. Thompson 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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