It also sought damages from Martin for damage to its business reputation due to the incident. After Martin was brought in, Quan asserted a negligence claim directly against Martin for his well-drilling expenses. Martin moved to dismiss both EnviroClean's and Quan's claims against him, for improper joinder and lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In the same motion, he moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction as well. Two months after the defendants answered in federal court, the plaintiffs moved to remand the suit to state court, on the ground that it had been improperly removed and that the federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the action.
Defendants claim that the motion is untimely.
Please discuss the procedural issues raised by the suit. Assume in answering the question that the New Hampshire long-arm statute, like the Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act, authorizes personal jurisdiction for claims arising out of 1.