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SMOTHERMAN v. TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PROD.

No. 1:01-CV-281.

161 F.Supp.2d 733 (2001)

Robert SMOTHERMAN, Plaintiff, v. TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION, INC., Texaco Overseas Holdings, Inc. Texaco Overseas Petroleum Company, Texaco Overseas (Nigeria) Petroleum Unlimited, Texaco (Nigeria) Petroleum Limited, Texaco Nigeria, PLC., and TRMI Holdings, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

July 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Stevenson, Jr., Stevenson & Ammons, Houston, TX, for plaintiff Legion Indemnity.

Margaret Twomey Brenner, Hays McConn Rice & Pickering, Houston, TX, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM

COBB, District Judge.

This is a personal injury suit wherein Plaintiff Robert Smotherman alleges that he was assaulted and injured by a Nigerian villager while working on a production platform offshore Lagos, Nigeria. Plaintiff moves to remand the case to state court. He contends that—contrary to Defendants' assertion—he did not fraudulently join the only Texas resident defendant, and, therefore, the Court should remand the...

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